If I were the Minister of Human Resources Development, instead of staying here, I would go back to the drawing board and overhaul the employment insurance system, which presently covers less than 40 per cent of the population. It would be better for everybody if the minister did that instead of commenting on what I have to say about equalization.
Concerning equalization in Quebec, there is a myth that has been circulating for many years, ever since equalization payments started, to the effect that Quebec is the great beneficiary of equalization. I pointed out earlier that when we take into account the 30 fiscal parameters of equalization—