Yes, Mr. Speaker, I agree with the hon. member. Certainly it is politics. Talk about calling us opportunists. I would have to say the opportunists sit on the government side.
It really bothers me. I do not think there has ever been a subject in this House of Commons that has bothered me more than this one. Our job here as the opposition is to bring in checks and balances so that whatever is brought to the floor of the House by the government is what is best for Canada.
In this case we are talking about people out there who are hurting because they are ill due to no fault of their own; no fault whatsoever. If that is the only reply the government can give, pointing fingers at us and saying we are playing politics, I say thank God we are speaking out and thank God we are doing what is right.
It is because of what has been done here and what has been done in Ontario that this will finally be corrected. It is because of what we have done on this side of the House.