Mr. Speaker, that sounded more like a job security speech to me than a health care issue.
In a March 15 speech the Prime Minister promised to uphold the five pillars of medicare but he could not tell his audience how he would do it. In a March 4 speech the health minister encouraged the provinces to experiment broadly with health care delivery and yet refused to say what powers the provinces would be given to do that job.
My last question is for the finance minister. How long will Canadians have to wait before the government presents a concrete blueprint for health care reform? How long?