Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate my hon. colleague for the wonderful speech he made. I listened to the graphic details of what happens to our organs when we smoke and he talked about lungs that seemed to be rather unpleasant to see.
Then he went on to talk about the fact that it was against the Hippocratic Oath of doctors to vote in favour of this bill and he expected any doctor in the Liberal government would oppose this bill.
At the same time the Minister of Health acquiesced while her government introduced this legislation and dropped the excise tax on cigarettes.
I would like to ask my hon. colleague what he feels the position of the Minister of Health should be and whether the minister should resign when her government has introduced this type of measure which will increase smoking. We have all agreed that it is going to increase smoking. We have started to see the effects of it already in the statistics.
The health minister by her position is dedicated to protecting, enhancing and improving the life of Canadians.
I would like to ask my hon. colleague what he feels her position should be and whether the minister should resign based on what the government is trying to do.