Mr. Speaker, health care has nothing to do with buying a car. It is not a luxury, it is a right. Canadians have the right to equitable health care across Canada.
If the member wants to continue with these transfer payments-I am not expressing the government's position, I am expressing my own personal impressions-the provinces must recognize that we cannot stand for user fees. One cannot start creating private clinics across Canada.
We cannot say that because one person has money he will get cancer treatment and because the other person does not have money they will go into a U.S. system where they will have to rely on charitable organizations to pay for their health care.
That is not the Canada I grew up in. That is not the kind of Canada my grandparents built and believe you me, Mr. Speaker, my children will remain Canadians, when I have children. We will still have universality. That is one of the hallmarks of Canada and especially of our health care system.