Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister has declined to notice that the provinces spend 46 per cent of the money spent on health care and private individuals and insurance companies pay 28 per cent and the federal government is now a junior player.
We are wondering who is going to supply the fiscal facts of life at the health care forum. The Prime Minister and the health minister are not strong on math, and the finance minister is here.
My question is for the finance minister. The finance minister has said that everything is on the table in his spending review. This is the new fiscal reality. Can the finance minister confirm that federal health care spending is on the table and is the Prime Minister communicating this fact at the health care forum?