@r408 said; "...many billions of dollars in equalization going to the rest of the country..."
Really ???...where did you get that ?...un autre grand tarlais qui se "p(h)ourre" le doigt dans l'oeil ?...If other provinces cannot afford the same services of child care & parental leave, 
I do not see why Québec should be guilty;
“money comes from provincial transfer payments and other insignificant displayed crass ignorance” said loudly Anglo Canadians
Yeah ! sure...Anglo Canadians has so brilliantly perfected the art of peeing on Québécois while telling them it's raining