Mr. Speaker, the cut in transfers was over $7.5 billion.
There is one answer to this federal-provincial relations problem in social programs and that is rebalancing the federal and provincial powers. This is a unifying concept that has support in Quebec, more support than the symbolic recognition of distinct society and uniqueness.
The rebalancing of powers is something that both helps social programs and unites the country.
Why does the federal government not simply accept rebalancing as a concept and put it on the agenda at this meeting with the premiers?