Mr. Loubier: Since he itabled his budget on February 27, the Minister of Finance keeps repeating that, next year, the cuts in transfer payments to the provinces will represent only a $350 million shortfall for Quebec, mocking the $650 million figure put forward by the official opposition. Yesterday however, in his testimony before the finance committee, Bill Murphy, a senior official at the Department of
M. Loubier: Depuis le dépôt de son Budget, le 27 février dernier, le ministre des Finances ne cesse de répéter que les coupures dans les transferts aux provinces ne représenteront l'an prochain qu'un manque à gagner de 350 millions de dollars pour