Mr. Speaker, I would like the hon. member to expand in other areas the act covers besides the medicare or health insurance component.
One concern I have is in relation to section 4(2)(a) where it actually says that the department will be responsible for the promotion and preservation of the physical, mental and social well-being of the people of Canada. What I am thinking about here is the social well-being component of the statement. With the removal of welfare from the health and welfare department making it strictly health, does the hon. member not think that addressing the social well-being aspect is being inhibited now by having to deal and collaborate with other departments? Following on that, the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was deleted and a lot of that mandate when to industry.
I feel that the department is being diluted in its ability to address the actual social component.