Mr. Speaker, no one in this House has anything against acting to do the right thing. I want to remind the Leader of the Opposition about what the right thing and the responsible thing is and what this government has done.
Over the course of the last almost five years that he has been in this House, the Leader of the Opposition has had the opportunity to press the last government and the current government to act on this issue. I remind him and other members in this place that his voice was remarkably silent. Notwithstanding his silence, the Government of Canada through its health ministers acted swiftly on the recommendations of Krever.
Indeed, the current Minister of Health moved that his colleagues at the provincial and territorial levels recognize the ongoing issue needed to have their energies for a quick resolution.
But he suggested it be done within the environment of parameters that all can accept, and the Leader of the Opposition says we have to do this on the basis of some fault or guilt we can find and it has to be done through an appropriate system, à la Krever.
I wonder if the Leader of the Opposition is aware that what he is telling all Canadians is that the judicial process which has worked in this country for so many decades is the exact process he is suggesting we use, and that he is not talking about compassion, he is talking about justice. Will he decide for once to tell us exactly whether he is talking about compassion or whether he is talking about justice and fairness?