Mr. Speaker, day after day, the Minister of Health keeps fumbling and getting bogged down because of the wishy-washy and clumsy way she manages her department. Remember the hepatitis C issue. The minister was so casual about the whole thing that she had to apologize to those concerned.
In her tobacco control strategy, the minister does not answer the legitimate questions raised in recent days by concerned organizers, in Montreal, of cultural events sponsored by tobacco companies. This is just the most recent in a series of blunders on the minister's part. Whether she was dealing with the tainted blood issue, somatrophin, AIDS, breast cancer or other issues, the minister showed that she was totally incompetent. Rarely has the behaviour of a government member had such a devastating effect on its reputation. Therefore, instead of making recommendations to the Leader of the Opposition regarding my future, the minister should ponder her own future.