Mr. Speaker, I just could not let the member's comment go by. To use his word, fabrication is the topic of the day. The fact that we are here debating this issue is, in a lot of people's minds, a fabrication.
From what I have heard to date, the Bloc is engaged in some phenomenal gymnastics. If the figure I provided earlier is not enough, perhaps the hon. member would want to get up and challenge the fact that Quebec receives 26% of the infrastructure dollars and 50% of the technology partnership fund which are actual dollars that flow directly into the province of Quebec.
Let us not dwell on throwing these numbers back and forth but let us recognize that there is a role for the federal government. The role is to maintain a united country that works for the best interests of all Canadians. That is something I do not believe the hon. member has with respect to his interest in being in this House.