Mr. Speaker, the Séguin commission has confirmed the existence of a considerable tax imbalance in Canada, resulting in Ottawa's pocketing the bulk of tax revenue, while Quebec and the provinces are having to cope with astronomical increases in the costs of health and education, with fewer resources.
Instead of denying the existence of a tax imbalance, will the Minister of Finance acknowledge that health and education, which represent challenges both now and in the future as far as the management of public funds is concerned, are not a federal responsibility and that, in order for Quebec and the provinces to meet these challenges, they must have available to them a larger share of the money in Ottawa's hands, as the Séguin commission recommends?