Mr. Speaker, I think the issue that my hon. colleague is talking about has to do with transfer payment cuts.
I would like to draw the hon. member's attention to some comments made by Lucien Bouchard when he made it clear that he knows that restraints involve tough choices. He said in the National Assembly on March 25, 1996: "For those who say not in my back yard I reply that there would be something in everyone's back yard".
In the current fiscal year, federal transfers to provinces for health and other social programs will still be $26.9 billion. In addition, equalization payments will top that up. Quebec is getting federal transfers of approximately $11 billion.
How Quebec determines to place its emphasis and its priorities on what it does with its money is Quebec's business, and it should consider whether women are a priority.