Mr. Speaker, I would appreciate it if you let the hon. member know that Quebec did not get rich with its own adjustment. Quebec made the adjustment to maintain some administrative and financial logic. It had to adjust to the conditions imposed by the federal government, which encroached on direct taxation in an area of provincial jurisdiction.
We are now being criticized for having moved to let the steamroller go by. It is the Liberals in Quebec that did that. The hon. member is wrong. Let him show us his criteria. Let him tell us why the maritime provinces were compensated, while Quebec was not. Let him do a point-by-point comparison between the two provinces.
Instead, the member is complaining, saying that Quebec is not entitled to compensation. But based on what? How could we be eligible if we are not? The member simply cannot answer that question. He should just answer it, instead of wasting hours of debate. When we are a little too blunt with the Liberals, they gag us, as they did today.