Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his statement on what was said during the prebudget consultations. This is very much like what was said regarding the Canada social transfer in the meetings of the committee on children and youth at risk. They were told to give the missing money back to the provinces.
They created six years of social deficit and this gave rise to poverty. Creating poverty has consequences, on the quality of services in hospitals for example, on special support for children who live in poverty and on thousands of women on welfare having a little extra money. For them, it means having more money to pay the rent and to buy groceries.
We heard a little earlier that the minister responsible for the homeless is going to announce a $500 million program for their benefit. What scares me is not the money to be invested in that project but rather the way this program will be adapted to the situation in Quebec. It is true that realities differ. We were saying a while ago that there was a shortfall, that Quebec did not get its fair share. In social housing, Quebec never received its fair share. I would like my colleague to tell us if he is worried about the federal government's flexibility.
As a matter of fact, the minister responsible for the homeless will be judged on the way this money is given to the provinces and on her flexibility with regard to the distribution of the millions of dollars invested for the homeless. I would like my colleague to comment.