This is a really interesting question. Certainly, except for the extraordinary political difficulty of doing it, this is something that provinces can do. I guess the interesting question would be whether there is a way to sweeten the pot. The fact is that if a province is very brave, it can do that now. It, after all, holds the money for the physicians, holds the money for the hospitals. Now there's the problem of what is not funded, some professions that are not funded, that in fact could be extraordinarily helpful to people with chronic diseases. But the provinces can do this. The provinces could do this, but it's not easy. Every time there's a change in the health system, there are a lot of people who line up and are not keen on it.
On November 2nd, 2011. See this statement in context.