Madam Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague from Shefford to comment on the fact that about 18 months ago, the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs said that it was necessary to make Quebec starve. Of course, while starving Quebec, he and his government also have also starved all of the provinces, with the result that they now form a united front.
We have seldom seen such unanimity on the part of all the premiers on any subject. They have urgently demanded a meeting with the Prime Minister to have transfers restored to what they were before the government cuts of 1994.
I would like my colleague from Shefford to tell us if she senses a relationship between the desire to starve Quebec and the fact that the drastic if not savage cuts to health are making all Canadians suffer.