Hello and thank you, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the presenters today for their outstanding presentations. I'm really grateful that we have an opportunity to hear from you. I don't have as much time as I'd like to have in order to ask every single one of you questions, so I'm going to focus on two. Unfortunately, I don't have any time to respond to the ridiculous statements my Conservative colleague is making. I'm going to focus on trying to get to some answers.
Mr. Lafontaine, I have two quick questions for you. I'm a big fan of yours. I think you're a very thoughtful leader who has proposed some excellent solutions to us. I really appreciate your leadership.
In my riding of Davenport, they're absolutely worried about any type of step that looks like private delivery of health care services. In your opinion, what would be the rule of thumb around private delivery of services while ensuring that it continues to be maintained as part of our health care system? For example, my mother goes to an eye clinic here in Toronto, but it's very much integrated into the local hospital. I find it's a very efficient and effective treatment system for her.
Do you have a rule of thumb that you might be able to share with us?