Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Health and the Ministry of Health have been working on the response to the royal commission for quite a while.
As the hon. member knows, the royal commission created far more controversy than it answered questions. We need to look at how we can deal with provinces and with special groups, to look at how we can set guidelines for recommendations and to follow the recommendations.
However, as far as taking our time, I bring to the hon. member's attention the fact that the royal commission was supposed to have reported in two years. It took four years to bring in its report.
Because the matter is so controversial I think it is quite acceptable that we have to deal with the same controversies in formulating our response.