Mr. Speaker, first, I would like to tell the leader of the Bloc Quebecois that the cuts we were obliged to make in provincial transfer payments amount to half of the Province of Quebec's cuts in its municipalities' budgets and, second, that we gave a period of notice, a courtesy the Province of Quebec did not extend to its municipalities.
In addition, is the member saying that the provinces did not want us to help students with their debt load? He is mistaken. Is he saying that the provinces did not want us to help the children of disadvantaged families? He is mistaken.
We did exactly what Canadians from coast to coast to coast wanted us to do.