Mr. Speaker, I have said it before and I will say it again. The national forum is meant to be a process. It is a series of meetings to put forward ideas for the renewal of our health system, not just our health care system, for the 21st century. It is not meant to take the place of the Conference of Federal-Provincial Ministers of Health who are meant to take the day to day decisions having to do with our health care system.
In the House of Commons on June 2nd, 1994. See this statement in context.