Mr. Speaker, this week we had three events coincide on the blood supply issue.
With the Pittman decision the courts recognized the responsibility to spouses and family members of individuals who received contaminated blood products. The provincial packages expired and all with the exception of Nova Scotia did not recognize their responsibility to family members who contracted HIV indirectly. Finally, the Krever commission continues to raise more questions than it answers about who knew what and when and what action was or was not taken.
I call today on the Minister of Health to reopen the federal compensation package to include family members who contracted HIV indirectly from those who received contaminated blood.