Mr. Speaker, I feel I must share with all of my colleagues in this House the concern felt by the francophone community of eastern Ontario at the Health Services Restructuring Commission's recommendation to close Montfort Hospital.
I cannot help but be pleased to see that the Prime Minister has made representations to the Premier of Ontario, encouraging him to consider the importance of properly serving not just the francophone minority but all of the population in the eastern part of this province.
The commission has demonstrated its lack of sensitivity and understanding of the reality of the French speaking population of eastern Ontario. This was more than apparent in its ineptitude in not producing a French version of its report on release of the English version and the inability of its members to respond to questions in French at the recent press conference.
The community has three weeks left to express its opinion and it will be very vocal in doing so.