Mr. Chair, I understand that a lot of statements were made before the election. Now that the election is over, the government needs to show it's willing to make this issue a priority and move on it as quickly as possible, but there was no reference to this in the budget. And yet, the government outlined in the budget how it intends to move into several areas of provincial jurisdiction, for example medical training, to name but one. The government didn't give us any figures on this, however. The government could have told us in the budget that the hepatitis C matter would be resolved.
So, I would like to get an update here, in committee. However, June 8 is in my opinion, far too late to do so. There may only be a couple of weeks left at that point in the parliamentary session. This will be followed by the summer adjournment. So that means that should the victims wish to lobby the government between now and summer to take action, they'll be faced with a fait accompli because Parliament will no longer be sitting. That's why I want this issue to be dealt with urgently.