Mr. Speaker, let us take manpower training for example. We offered it to the provinces. As for health, all Canadians, including those in Quebec, want to be sure there is a national plan that provides people with the same services all across the country, because health has nothing to do with language. The day-to-day administration of health care, however, is the responsibility of the provincial governments and not the federal government.
However we believe there are values that belong to all Canadians, and I think the Leader of the Opposition with his accusations of a few seconds ago, has to realize that the federal government has cut spending more in federal administration than it did in transfers to the provinces.