Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Leader of the Opposition a very simple question. Out of respect for his position as Leader of the Opposition of Her Royal Majesty and at the same time out of humility, can the Leader of the Opposition acknowledge once and for all and say the right thing, that it was this Minister of Health who advanced this issue of compensation for the victims of hepatitis C in Canada by convening the ministers of health across the country to the table?
In the House of Commons on May 5th, 1998. See this statement in context.