Mr. Speaker, the government gave Quebec $1.4 billion in equalization payments to get Quebeckers to swallow the fact that they will get only $1 billion of the $11.5 billion the federal government will be investing in health, when Ontario will be getting five times more.
My question is for the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Can the minister finally admit that the sum of $1.4 billion is a one-time payment covering the past five years and that it is in no way a guarantee of the future for Quebec?