Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Health. Because the federal government refuses to take its responsibilities seriously, the Red Cross is about to launch a large-scale operation to trace thousands of carriers of the hepatitis C virus who were infected as a result of blood transfusions. The Red Cross spokesperson claimed, and rightly so, that a person who received a blood transfusion had the right to know whether he had been exposed to the hepatitis C virus.
How can the Minister of Health, who has refused to take her responsibilities seriously on this issue, maintain her claim that it is impossible to trace people who were infected with the hepatitis C virus as a result of a blood transfusion, when the Red Cross is preparing to do so?