Mr. Speaker, the total transferred by the federal government to provincial governments, in particular to the Government of Quebec, represents a large part of Quebec's budget. That is how our system works. There are certain provinces that do not receive transfer payments, but because Quebec's revenue is lower than that of other provinces, it benefits from the transfer payment system. It receives large payments, and these payments have continued to go up since 1993.
In the House of Commons on December 9th, 1997. See this statement in context.