But in the meantime, we want justice. I did not ask that transfer payments be increased, just that the government give us what is owed to us, the amount of the cuts made since 1993. That is all we are asking from the other side.
We in the Bloc Quebecois advocate sovereignty for Quebec. But in the meantime, until the Quebec people chooses sovereignty, count on us to defend in this federal Parliament the interests of Quebec, which are tied to its exclusive jurisdictions: health and education.
The reason we are also going to intervene in coming months in this House is to put the brakes on the numerous standards the government across the way wants to set in its attempts to interfere in exclusively provincial jurisdictions.
I repeat: the Bloc Quebecois is here to defend the interests of Quebec. The Bloc Quebecois is here in this House to promote the sovereignty of Quebec, so be prepared in coming months to see us keeping a vigilant eye over the way you are going to administer our money. What we in Quebec want above all is to get what is due to us.