Mr. Speaker, the hon. member does not have his facts straight.
The reality is that Quebec is affected no differently than the other provinces. The full mature year after the transition takes place, the next impact on the province of Quebec would be 7 per cent of benefits because a large proportion of the money we are saving is being reinvested to ensure that people in Quebec can go back to work.
That is what I do not think the hon. member fully understands. The whole purpose of the reform is to give people the opportunity, the resources and the support to be re-employed. It is about jobs. It is about work. It is about employment and the way in which governments can work together to develop partnerships to help people attain those very important objectives.
That is what it is all about and that is where the money is going. It is going to shift us from a program that previously provided a simple income benefit program. However because it is no longer relevant to the much tougher world of work we live in, we are now giving people a better ability to meet the kinds of demands and to do what they really want to do, which is to get a job.