Do we need a recorded vote on that? Could we have a show of hands?
(Motion agreed to)
The debate is now resumed.
The motion has been circulated to the committee. When the debate was adjourned on the motion, an amendment had been proposed by Dr. Hanley. The debate was on the amendment.
To refresh your memory, this is the question before the committee. The original motion from Mr. Johns was:
That, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), given the increasing prevalence of privatized health care across the country and the difficulty Canadians face in getting the health care they need, the committee undertake a study of at least four meetings on protecting Canada’s public health care system against for-profit corporations, and that the committee invite the Chief Executive Officer of for-profit health care providers like Loblaw Companies Limited to testify.
The amendment before the committee now is to add, after the words, “at least four meetings on”, the following: “the role of the private sector in Canada's public health care system, including”. The debate is on the amendment.
Mr. Doherty has the floor, and then Dr. Ellis.