Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said he tried to be fair in his budget. I wonder if he was thinking of Quebec when he said that, because criteria in documents of the Department of Human Resources Development already indicate that Quebec will bear the brunt of transfer payments reductions, with 41,7 per cent. Is that fair? Quebec is being taken to the cleaners.
In the House of Commons on February 28th, 1995. See this statement in context.