Mr. Speaker, I thank the members on the Bloc side who have commented on today's motion. I am a little confused, to be honest, about why the Bloc is supporting this motion today. Even the last member, in his speech, talked about Quebec jurisdiction. Normally in this House when there is an issue that Bloc members think is only Quebec's jurisdiction, they vote against it. Then the next item, whether they think it is good for Quebec or not, they vote for it. They are either for Quebec or they are not; it just depends. They kind of float around, and we are not really sure on this side what they stand for.
The previous speaker from the Bloc talked about transfer payments. We have not cut transfer payments to Quebec. In fact, they have increased by 40% during our government. That is a tremendous amount of support for that province, as it deserves.
Transfer payments for health care went up 6%, transfer payments for social services went up 3%, and we have no intention of cutting those in the future. I know things are tough.
My question is this: Do they not find that is a conflict of their own belief system, that they are here to represent Quebec's interests and are voting for a motion that deals with a federal issue, or is it really a federal issue and they have finally come to realize that they are part of a united Canada?