Mr. Speaker, the health minister is fond of saying health care should not depend on the size of one's wallet. What about the size of the waiting list? For a hip replacement in Manitoba it is 61 weeks; 1,200 Ontarians waiting for heart bypasses; a 44-day delay in radiation for breast cancer treatment, three times longer than the medical college says is acceptable. People are dying on these waiting lists.
When will the minister even admit there is a serious problem with the health care system and that she is causing the violation of the principle of accessibility in the Canada Health Act?