Mr. Speaker, I have to tell you that this is the most pithy answer we have had from this minister. May he always be so concise.
The Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs said the following with respect to the federal proposal on unemployment insurance:
This offer was acclaimed everywhere in Quebec as a great step forward, if not the finishing line for a concrete solution.
Are we to understand from what the minister said that the federal proposal in the area of manpower is not a starting point for negotiations, but, rather the finishing line?