Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the finance minister for maintaining in his budget the high level of national standards of our health care system. Although the member for Yukon stated yesterday in this House that the government had no intention of maintaining national standards in our health care system, nothing could be further from the truth.
Fears by the New Democratic Party of pending doom in the upcoming provincial elections should not encourage them to distort the honest truth about this government's commitment to health care in Canada. The Minister of Finance has made it clear in his budget that "the conditions of the Canada Health Act will be maintained. Universality, comprehensiveness, accessibility, portability and public administration of the Canada Health Act are fundamental for this government".
A Liberal government created our national health care program and we continue to earn the trust of Canadians by ensuring the continuation of this program.