Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health and it concerns the proposed Red Cross blood fractionation plant.
As the minister is aware, after Halifax was chosen as the sight of this plant, several provinces that lost out on the project demanded and got a review on the economics and the need for such a facility.
The committee now reports that there is a need and now some of those same provinces that lost the bid to Halifax want the site selection process reopened.
Is the minister satisfied that there is indeed a need for such a plant? If so, will she encourage those provincial counterparts to stop playing politics and support the construction of this plant at the chosen site in the province of Nova Scotia?