Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my colleague for his excellent speech on the issue of the federal spending power.
The question I would like to ask my colleague is the following. For decades now, Quebec governments under both the Liberals and the Parti Québécois have been asking the federal government to limit its spending power, especially in areas under Quebec’s jurisdiction, such as education, health, and so forth.
We very much appreciated the initiative of the hon. member for Beauce and hope that all members of the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party, especially those from Quebec, will vote in favour of this motion.
How does he explain, though, the federal government's systematic refusal to give Quebec the power to manage its own areas of jurisdiction?