Mr. Speaker, we had occasion to discuss that at the different federal-provincial meetings I had with the provinces, along with the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Human Resources Development.
Generally speaking, provinces recognize we have to reduce the cost of these programs. The best way to do that is by collaboration between the provinces and the federal government. We have to reduce our spending.
As I explained earlier, when some provinces including Quebec cut $500 million in health services in December they were not returning any of that money to us even if we had made a strong contribution to that level of payment.