Mr. Speaker, I remind the hon. member that we take very seriously the condition and state of people on social assistance.
That is one reason why in the province of Quebec we pay 50 per cent of the full cost of all social assistance recipients. If we look at the actual figures and not the made up figures, in the changeover from 1994-95 to this year there has been an increase of transfers from the federal level of $220 million to the province of Quebec under the EPF, CAP and equalization.
Therefore, when the minister from Quebec starts making the charges that somehow the federal government is responsible, I suggest the Quebec minister of social services go back and look at their own books.
We are trying to do our best to help those people. Delay and misinformation around the country do not help.