Mr. Speaker, as a physician and surgeon who works in hospitals, if you are sick and need a hospital bed and cannot get it, that is a tragedy that does not belong in this great country.
Yesterday the minister told the provinces she is going to withhold $750,000 per month in transfer payments for health care. That is $750,000 less to treat the people of British Columbia which means longer bed closures, less care for the sick and the elderly and people are going to die.
We must get our heads out of the sand. What is the minister going to do and what alternative does she have to get health care and Canada on firm financial ground? It needs immediate care now. What is she going to do about it?