Mr. Speaker, I think there is a well known concept here of accepting universality. If we look in terms of health care for example, all Canadians are treated in equal fashion. It is not an American system, it is a Canadian system. We can just take that as an example. We do believe in the universality of treatment. We do not believe in charging user fees for someone who needs cancer treatment, like they are doing now in some provinces, one being the province of Quebec and, if I am not mistaken, in the province of Alberta where they have made considerable cuts in health care.
It is not the opinion of the government or myself as the member for Bonaventure-Magdalen Islands to accept such cuts in that domain.
That being said, the concept of universality in health is maintained but there are other aspects as well in terms of where we should reorient our services, the caring for children, trying to do more for those who are impoverished.
We are also looking at the possibility of maybe reorienting our program on high income earners for child care. That money should be used for those who are really in need.
We are looking at universality one way or another across Canada but at health care where it is really needed. There should be no class differentiation between a cancer patient in Quebec or a cancer patient in Alberta. They are all suffering from the same disease, therefore they should all get the same treatment.