Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for his question and comment. There will be not only good debates in this committee, as the Bloc motion proposes, but also important debates to find the solutions that we need now.
I particularly want to indicate that we will be very active on this committee when it is set up, and I hope it will be as a result of this motion. There will be some disagreements, no question about it.
For example, it is unlikely that we would support massive reallocations of tax points from one level to another. We believe that as a country we need to have some broad objectives that we pursue together.
In fact that philosophy of flexibility in our federalism, the use of the financial capacities of the federal government merged with the provincial competencies for delivery, and even the local and municipal abilities to deliver solutions in so many areas, is the place where we find the best solutions to the problems facing Canadians. One could mention the medicare system. One could certainly mention affordable housing and many other examples.
We look forward to those discussions. We think that they could help to renew our federation in a way that needs to take place. We will be very active in that process.