Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
In my home province of Alberta there are some creative alternatives to the problems of the health care system. For example, the world renowned private Gimbel Eye Clinic provided cataract surgery to 3,500 people last year. That is one-quarter of the cataract surgery done in Alberta.
In her zeal to enforce the three-decade old Canada Health Act does the minister propose that 25 per cent of cataract patients line up in a longer line?