I noticed there was going to be a cut in public health again in the area that deals with disease prevention and health promotion. Why is this specific piece of public health action and the needs of public health being cut?
Now more than ever, given that there are all kinds of pandemics that can affect infectious diseases, that we have a huge amount of obesity and type 2 diabetes, that tuberculosis is out there, all of these kinds of problems we are facing in Canada need to be looked at. Health promotion and disease prevention saves money down the road, so why is that being cut? Can you explain that to me, Ms. Outhwaite?