Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the President of the Treasury Board.
The first quarterly report on job cuts in the public service indicates that so far Quebec has received more than 28 per cent of federal job cuts. This situation discriminates against Quebec, which before the cuts had only 19.3 per cent of federal public service jobs.
Considering that Quebec's under-representation within the federal public service has already caused it to lose more than 22,500 full-time jobs, what justification does the minister have for letting Quebec absorb more than 28 per cent of the cuts in the federal public service?