Mr. Speaker, we have a clear enough understanding of what fair play is to know that when my colleague, the member for I am not sure which riding, talks about fair play, we know that what he is really talking about is hypocrisy.
We understand the concept well enough to know that it is not fair play he is talking about but hypocrisy, because if funding is on a per capita basis, that is fair, we get 23% of the social transfer, fine. Why not in research and development? Why not in procurement of goods and services? Why not in regional development? How can they talk about fair play when, if something is productive, it is not good for Quebec, but a great boost for Ontario? But, when health is on the table, fair play is dragged into it.
It is a double standard: it cannot be fair to one party and not the other. If there is agreement for per capita funding, then that is what it should be across the board. And the day we see that, we will not need Ottawa, among other things. We will keep our money for our own affairs. What we do not need is to send it here, have it processed by a few bureaucrats and then receive it back in another envelope.
They can work out whatever arrangement they want with the rest of Canada. That is their business and I want nothing to do with it. But our money belongs to us and we are not receiving it in productive sectors, because per capita funding has gone by the board. But when it comes time to redistribute the money for health and social assistance, the per capita formula applies. Especially for social assistance. Talk about inconsistencies! Will any member opposite rise in their place and defend their government's policy, without fear of being mistaken for someone who should not have been elected?