Mr. Speaker, in only one minute, I will obviously not be able to provide a comprehensive answer to the hon. member for Champlain.
However, I think he identified the real problem here. Quebec needs equalization within federalism as it exists because we have to get back part of the taxes we are paying Ottawa. We also need health and education transfers to carry out our responsibilities because, as I said earlier, part of our taxes goes to Ottawa.
If we were to get back all the taxes we pay, we would be in a position to manage services to the public much more efficiently than at present. We could avoid duplication and overlap in provincial jurisdictions and abolish all the various institutes and foundations the federal government has established to increase its visibility.
To conclude, let me give the House an example. In the last budget, the finance minister announced the creation of the Canadian Learning Institute, with an initial budget of $100 million. That is $100 million that is going to waste and that could have been used to better educate our children.