I want to come back to the issue of federal leadership in health care, which my colleague talked about at some length.
We are agreed that health is a matter of provincial jurisdiction. Last week I put the same question to the president of the Canadian Medical Association. How can the federal government play a leadership role in this area, when health is a matter of provincial jurisdiction? How does this work in practice?
I have a second question to ask, which is a corollary to the first.
The provinces do not seem to have adopted many coordination measures. In your brief your refer to one of these measures, that is to say the Pan-Canadian Purchasing Alliance, for the purchase of medication, but there is very little cooperation in that regard.
Should the federal government play a role in helping the provinces share their best practices, and in developing a broader vision when it comes to the administration and delivery of health care?