Mr. Speaker, for the past two and a half years, we have had a negotiation table with the provinces that is working very well. There is the ministerial council on social union which the Government of Quebec did us the admittedly somewhat belated honour of joining last summer.
Co-operation between the two levels of government is better than it has been for years. The provincial ministers responsible for social services and myself are co-operating very closely and productively to combat poverty throughout the country.