There is no doubt that the zero deficit objective was what resulted in this situation. However, the Canada Health and Social Transfer was not paid over a number of years, when the Liberals were in office. We are behind by some 15 or 20 years in terms of everything that could have been done to meet today's needs.
An alliance was established to monitor waiting times in various provinces. Some provinces are doing better than others in that respect. Perhaps they are better equipped or are devoting more money to it. I am thinking of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. There is also Quebec, which is going it alone and asking not to be a part of any national strategy.
I don't know which of you is in the best position to answer my question. What do you think of the support being given the provinces? Do they have more human resources? Are the provinces investing more money than the federal government? And what conclusions can be drawn from the comments made by the Wait Time Alliance?