Mr. Speaker, if we look at how things have gone in recent years, equalization payments have been stable or have increased. That is a fairly solid guarantee.
What must be said, and I repeat, is that if we add up the planned increased in equalization payments for the next five years, plus the unplanned increase in the past three years, plus the planned increase in the Canada social transfer, we arrive at the figure of $21.7 billion, of which $7.4 billion will go to Quebec. That is 34% of the new transfers.
Could I ask the Bloc Quebecois to acknowledge that?