Mr. Speaker, we have in fact done quite the opposite.
As I have said in the House before, when the minister of employment was given her new task I immediately wrote and suggested that we sit down and negotiate the whole question of the labour market issues in Quebec with a view to taking a look at 75 per cent of the programming we do in that province and developing a different set of authorities, joint planning, and transferring certain responsibilities. The answer from the minister of employment was no; she did not even want to talk about it.
I tried again. I wrote back to her and said let us do a joint study between the SQDM, the Government of Quebec, and my government on duplication and overlap. I made the offer, saying that we would jointly pay for it. Again the minister of employment refused to answer.
My point is that I cannot force the minister of employment in Quebec to co-operate with me. I would like to have that co-operation. I want to sit down and work out how we can get a better delineation of responsibilities. I would urge the hon. member to go back and talk to the minister of employment in Quebec and ask her when she is ready to co-operate. As soon as she says yes, I will be there.