Thanks, Minister.
I'd like to turn now to the Canada Health Act.
Minister, your mandate letter instructs you “to ensure compliance with the Canada Health Act on matters of private delivery and extra billing”, yet the Liberal government has allowed the Province of Saskatchewan to violate the Canada Health Act for four years by permitting access to private MRIs. Now we know that wait-lists for public MRIs in that province have doubled over the last four years while wealthier Canadians are allowed to pay their way to get to the front of the line.
Why haven't you shut this down in Saskatchewan or penalized the Government of Saskatchewan as you are obligated to under the Canada Health Act and as your mandate letter requires?