Mr. Speaker, last night in Saskatoon the Prime Minister made several inconsistent statements concerning the national health system.
He said the government would maintain current medicare standards and yet federal funding would be tied to economic growth and would drop as a percentage of GDP.
There is no way current standards can be maintained under this plan, especially since the OECD estimates that Canada's health care costs will double over the next 20 years.
How does he explain this inconsistency and how will current standards be maintained given increased demand and reduced federal funding?