Mr. Chair, my question will essentially deal with federal health care funding.
Before being elected and named “the hon. member Chabot,” which I am proud of, I was a nurse, and I was very proud of that as well. I represented Quebec nurses at the national level for many years, and I was the leader of a large labour union that represented workers in health care, education and many other sectors. So I can tell you that I am very familiar with the current reality of the health care system and the reality before the crisis.
I have always said that our health care and social services network must be a priority. This is an important issue. The quality of the network depends on adequate funding to ensure that we have human resources able to use their full potential.
Are you prepared to ensure adequate, stable and predictable funding and, to that end, to increase federal funding to 6% permanently?