Mr. Speaker, it is simply between a mishap due to negligence or a mishap due to an act of God if you will. If negligence can be proven prior to 1986 there is no doubt that compensation is in order.
I submit to the hon. member that what we want to avoid is the type of situation which occurs in the United States where people sue a doctor or a hospital regardless of negligence. As soon as the mishap occurs a lawsuit occurs. We do not want that to happen in our system. After all, our system cannot be risk free. If we go to the hospital for any cure, we are going to run a certain amount of risk.