Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his presentation. There are two areas that come to mind. First, is the issue of fiscal imbalance. There is absolutely no evidence of fiscal imbalance. In fact, the province of Quebec, along with every other province, has the same ability to raise revenue as the government does.
Second, it is interesting that when it comes to the issue of tax points Quebec is demanding more tax points, but it does not recognize the tax points it already receives. Could the member explain to us how that can work? The member wants more but does not accept what is already a fact.
I am absolutely surprised to hear his comments regarding EI. This government has been reducing EI premiums for 10 years in a row. We have now announced premiums at $1.98. In fact, there is now an outline clearly indicating that we want to make it transparent and we want to ensure that EI pays for itself. The minister again announced that today in question period and the member continues to talk about how we are not doing enough with EI.
I hope the member will be part of those discussions when we will be ensuring that EI is used for the purpose for which we have talked about. I would like him to comment on that as well.