We were a little bit upset, because in my constituency of Brampton—Springdale, we have one of Canada's newest and largest hospital facilities, called the Brampton Civic Hospital. I don't know if you're aware as minister, but there has been a significant number of challenges at that particular hospital. We've had patients who have come in who have had the wrong leg amputated. I think it's been not only local news but also national news. We've had great frustration in the community, in all of Brampton, at the fact that they're having to wait hours and hours to be able to see the emergency room specialists. We have wait times that are at 17.5 hours for complex conditions, which is much, much higher than the provincial average. We have seniors who are having to wait for many months to get access to specialists. So there's a real state of crisis.
As their voice in Ottawa, I sent you a letter last year requesting that you come out and visit the hospital to see first-hand some of the challenges that were there. I can tell you that we were all very shocked in Brampton at the response. I don't know if you saw the letter personally, but it was signed by you, stating that you would not be able to attend. There wasn't even any attempt made by you, as minister, to say, “You know what? We'll take a look at the schedule and I'll see when I can squeeze it in.”
I understand that you would be busy, but there was absolutely no offer from you or anyone in your department to come in, to take a look at the hospital, to talk about some of the challenges. Even though you may say to me in your answer—