Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my hon. colleague from the Bloc a question.
I share many of his and his party's concerns regarding the federal government taking away money that rightly belongs to the provinces. I think particularly of health care, where in 1966 the federal government made a promise that it would be funding 50% of health care in the country. I know the premier of my province at the time, Ernest Manning, predicted that the federal government would wind up paying substantially less and would leave the provinces holding the bag.
I heard the last question and response, and I would love if the hon. member would take time to elaborate on his concerns regarding the federal underfunding of health care and how bad a position that has put Quebec in not getting its fair share of funding from the federal government. What does the member think the federal government should do to make good on that?
He also touched on employment insurance, an area where the federal government is taking massive over-contributions. I am glad that he touched on the $45 billion surplus that the federal government has amassed from employment insurance.
I would also like him to touch on something related to employment insurance, which is the Canada pension plan. His province was smart to set up the Caisse de dépôt to exempt themselves from the federal government on this. Education is another aspect with regard to--