Mr. Speaker, the health minister was quite clear yesterday in her comments. She said there would be changes to the Canada Health Act and that those changes were necessary.
Yesterday the health minister also said that health funding was holding steady under this government but the fact is that federal funding as a portion of total health spending has dropped from 50 per cent to 23 per cent and continues to drop. As a result the provinces, handcuffed by the Canada Health Act, are being forced to cut health services.
I repeat, when and how will the government amend the Canada Health Act?