Mr. Speaker, I would like to tell the hon. member for Outremont that what the federal government will be transferring to the provinces in terms of block financing is a thinner envelope, a teeny weeny envelope.
When I mentioned in my remarks that the federal government was adding insult to injury, I was referring to the fact that, historically, as the Prime Minister said earlier today, to have a say, you have to pay. Up until now, the federal government paid. But in the future, while withdrawing financially, thereby passing on to the provinces the dirty job of cutting back social programs, the federal government wants to continue laying down standards, national standards. That is the problem.