Madam Speaker, the hon. member made the comment that provinces obviously do not like the system and the way the Canada Health Act was imposed by the government on British Columbia when it was breaking the act.
I would like the hon. member to name one province that has not supported all the principles of the Canada Health Act roundly within the last four months. I would like to know which ones have not supported the federal government in ensuring the Canada Health Act is effective and taking whatever steps are needed. All of the provinces, as far as I am concerned, have supported the concept. They believe in the system and in the Canada Health Act. They support the five principles.
The last meeting of provincial health ministers with the federal health minister reiterated that. Alberta said it will support those principles.