“The federal government takes too much tax money from Quebec and the provinces. They promised to pay half of health care costs, but now only pay 22%. The provinces want 35%. We would settle for 6%, but they will probably only give 3%. This isn't fair to Quebec. How can anyone manage like this?”
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