Mr. Speaker, one must always start with the hypothetical. If he does not yet understand this, I wonder how he prepares his budgets.
Let us have a look at these five years to which he constantly refers. The conference board concludes there is fiscal imbalance. For the next five years, the conference board is forecasting a deficit of $10 billion for Quebec and a surplus of $14 billion for Canada, for the five years he refers.
Rather than twisting the conclusions of the conference board, which are good for the short, medium and long term, will the minister have the honesty to admit that there is a fiscal imbalance, call a meeting of provincial ministers and discuss the issue with them?