Thank you for being here today. And I hope that the minister will come see us again in the coming weeks and months.
If I understood the minister correctly, we are responsible for the health of our veterans and for providing them with all the services necessary, be it short or long-term health care. He also said that health care is a provincial responsibility. So he was admitting that the bill will be sent to the provinces, particularly in the case of Ste. Anne's hospital that will be transferred to the province, and that's normal because it is under the province's jurisdiction.
Lastly, the federal government is washing its hands of this matter and will not give the provinces any money to take over Ste. Anne's hospital. Once the last Korean War veteran dies, no other veteran will benefit from the expertise at Ste. Anne's hospital, meaning no modern-day veteran.