Mr. Speaker, I had a call from a woman in Saskatchewan the other week. The hospital in her community was being completely shut down because of lack of funding. She and others in her community wanted the option of continuing to use the facility even if this required some fee for service. What she wanted is expressly prohibited by the Canada Health Act.
My question for the Deputy Prime Minister is if the federal government cannot maintain funding for health care, will it at least give provinces and communities options other than shutting down hospitals by opening up and reforming the Canada Health Act?