They would like to throw me off, so that I will not speak about the way the government is fighting poverty, but I will go on.
In six years, the cost of these new measures undertaken by the Government of Quebec will require $235 million on top of what the Government of Quebec now spends on the family.
I urge members of the House to consult this white paper. They will be able to see how Quebec is better placed than the federal government to intervene in family policy. I must point out that the proposed policies will benefit all families, particularly those with low incomes.
This is why it is so important that we recover the amounts paid under the Canada social transfer so that we can implement real strategies, so that we can stop making the mistake this government is making of having no policy on poverty.
The Bloc Quebecois will therefore continue to call for full indexing of tax levels, personal exemptions and credits for GST, medical expenses and child tax benefits. Furthermore, $2 billion is now needed for the child tax benefit, and not the mere $850 million being touted by the Minister of Human Resources Development. Two billion dollars must be invested now to help children. If there had been real tax benefits, the goals would already have been reached, but now, we are lagging behind. The federal government is missing the boat on poverty.