I just returned from Moscow. Our delegation all noted how oppressive it was to have so much smoking going on. In fact, I believe the differential between the death rate of men and women is something in the order of 17 years, largely attributable first to alcoholism and second to consumption of tobacco. It's a huge social problem.
Anyway, I have very little time and I want to change horses to Dr. Hitchcock. I'm a Queen's alumnus, 1973, law, and I'm sure that while you're here you'll speak to Speaker Milliken, who's a shameless promoter of Queen's University.
One of your foremost recommendations has to do with the post-secondary transfer. On the face of it that sounds like a plausible, good idea, but our experience in the previous government with the health transfer was of trying to get the provinces to give some level—even a minimal level—of accountability with respect to how those funds were distributed. Any politician who takes responsibility for raising funds has to have some accountability on the other side. My friends here would just scream bloody murder that they have no area of accountability. How are you going to get accountability?