Mr. Speaker, it is a false choice.
If we look at one area of health which is of great concern to women, it is in the whole area of birthing. Anyone who has gone through the process knows that birthing is a natural part of life. It is not necessarily a medical problem. Provinces across the country increasingly are looking to alternative birthing methods, including the use of midwives. It has recently been embraced by the province of Ontario, including les services de sages-femmes dans la province de Québec.
It is a creative way of delivering a service to healthy women to have babies in a healthy fashion. This creative way actually saves money for the system.
That is what my counterpart, the Minister of Health, is going to be examining with her provincial colleagues when she meets with them in June.