Access to health care is a matter that the present and previous governments had made a priority. Some people have asked why we signed a health care accord in 2004. It was because parliamentarians were tired of being questioned about access to health care. And there were specific priorities: it addressed five conditions we had already discussed, but did not address home care, primary care and the cost of pharmaceuticals.
Access to health care is going to deteriorate in every respect because we simply have no comprehensive or Canada-wide plan.