Mr. Speaker, fair enough, thank you for reminding me. Before saying what she said about Quebec, my colleague should get her facts straight. Quebec has made major changes to its health program.
Quebec may even have lost the referendum. One of the reasons why we lost the referendum may be the Rochon reform. So we made major changes in the area of health. Of course, Quebec provides health services that are not available in other provinces. For example, women can have access to abortion if they want to; other provinces do not offer this service. We have moved toward ambulatory care and reduced hospitalization time considerably. We have closed hospitals. We have modified the functions performed and services provided by some hospitals; some day hospitals now provide long term care and inpatient services.
So before looking at what is happening in the neighbour's backyard, I would invite the hon. member to look at her own province where, on the eve of the referendum, the Minister of Finance said he would no longer be able to control his finances if Quebec separated from Canada.