Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for supporting my motion and for giving us an overview of the various areas in which the government is being criticized for its inaction. As far as day care centres are concerned, Quebec receives $35,000; and day care needs in Canada are said to amount to $2 million. As far as pay equity is concerned, women earn 72 per cent of what men earn.
I thank my colleague, and I would like to ask her if she agrees with the hon. secretary of state's comments during this week's budget debate. She said that-