Mr. Speaker, the NDP member told us about 1969 and made reference to the province of Quebec. He told us about how his sister-in-law had to go to the United States for an operation.
In 1994 Quebecers paid $28 billion in taxes to the federal government, which then gave back between $34 billion and $35 billion to the province. Quebec always stood to gain.
It is deplorable to see patients in hospital corridors and people being transferred to the United States. But we learned one thing yesterday: it is not strictly a matter of money. The fact is that Quebec left money dormant in the Toronto-Dominion Bank, in Toronto. Meanwhile, the Quebec minister of health, Pauline Marois, was making every attempt to get money in February of last year. There was none for the hon. member's sister-in-law. The money was dormant in Toronto and people were not receiving the treatments they need. This was dereliction of duty on the part of the separatist government in Quebec.