I just want to explain this subamendment.
This is about reporting measures to make sure the federal government doesn't provide any care other than emergency care.
I think maternal care is a matter of life and death. We all know Canada has been doing this in third world countries for years. No maternal care equals death, and we do not want to be responsible for death. I look at everybody here; we do not want to be responsible for death, so we should provide maternal care.
As for the other care required for public health purposes, let me explain. It's about sexually transmitted diseases and HIV. If we do not provide care, then it spreads. We get other people who are contaminated, and we do not achieve a good outcome.
Left unchecked, sexually transmitted diseases, such as HIV, will spread.
We've been dealing with public health in Canada for 150 years. I don't see why we would stop. Just because an immigrant is illegal doesn't mean that they can't spread diseases that will have public health consequences. We've been dealing with it for 150 years and we won't stop doing it in 2025. We won't go back to the way things were. We won't go back to prehistoric times. People get treated for the sake of public health. This has been going on since the TB bacillus was discovered. Since we've known that water can be contaminated, we've been treating it. All these things are treated.
Therefore, I think the subamendment is necessary. Otherwise, we can't agree to an amendment like that. For a doctor or anyone who advocates for health, that is the foundation. It's the bare minimum.