That is an odd reaction and an odd way of reasoning, Mr. Speaker. He takes the part of the report which suits him and ignores the overall conclusion that fiscal imbalance exists.
I therefore ask the Prime Minister, who set up the Romanow commission on health, an area which clearly falls under the jurisdiction of Quebec and of the provinces, if it would not be worth it to set up a commission to study all aspects of taxation and how it is shared, because that is an area which affects the federal government directly.
Is it not time to set up this sort of commission, which we have not had since the Carter commission in 1964, and ask the real questions—