That is a great question.
I think that sometimes it's easy to say that there's a study to show that around the world there's waste. I know from being in the positions I've been in around the cabinet table, and certainly as a member of the Treasury Board and the chair for the last five years, that when I see the requests come through the Treasury Board, I see the management plans that come forward for budgets.
When I look at health care, I look at the way we send them back year after year to find savings. I can only speak on behalf of my own province. Again, we're a small jurisdiction, but we get to look at things a little more microscopically than perhaps the larger provinces like Quebec, Ontario. and B.C. We can really see, dollar for dollar, where everything goes.
I'll speak on behalf of my province very clearly. I don't think there's much wastage in this province, if any. We're just too small a jurisdiction. We count on every dollar. I know that you could talk to the previous health minister about discussions he and I had last year, and he'll tell you that we certainly went back to him and said, “No, we can't afford it.” I believe we're very prudent.