Mr. Speaker, the hon. member is very passionate about health issues and I can understand that. But is she not forgetting that, despite cuts to social programs, Quebec has clearly benefited from a $1 billion increase in equalization payments and that Quebec is currently getting $3.9 billion in equalization payments?
Quebec has also benefited from very low interest rates. So, I think Quebec is still ahead and still has a lot to gain from being part of Canada. It has a lot more flexibility to work with its social programs because of the $3.9 billion in equalization payments that are being paid by Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, since they are not getting any equalization.