Let us stay calm and continue. I know this is a difficult moment for the government members, but as my colleague said, they are waiting for the popcorn, and another colleague added that they must keep on popping. But let us move on.
Since 1993-94, $33 billion have been cut in the transfer payments. Members can imagine how destabilizing that must be for the provinces. I remind the House that, for Quebec, that represents a cumulative sum of $6.5 billion since 1993-94. On a yearly basis, that amounts to one billion dollars.
It is not insignificant that every premier, when they met at a conference here in Hull—