Mr. Speaker, the Government of Canada has cut some of its own programs. We have carried out two program reviews and made cuts to federal government programs. We have also reduced the number of federal public servants by 50,000.
It is easy to whine all the time and pretend to be the victim, the worst off of all the victims of the Canadian federation. I would like
to draw the attention of the opposition and of the Government of Quebec to the fact that Quebec still receives the largest federal transfer payment of any Canadian province relative to its budget.
Quebec derives considerable benefit from being in the Canadian federation, and we have no problem with that.