Mr. Speaker, the hon. member may congratulate the Bloc for endorsing the five universal principles. However, I hope he will not congratulate the Reform Party because we do not endorse these five principles.
I would like to know what the hon. member is trying to do when he acknowledges there is a serious reduction in the amount of money being put into health care by this government. The provinces are cutting back as they try to balance their budgets. There is a significant reduction in the amount of cash going into the health care system, yet the Liberals with their heads in the sand seem to think it is business as usual. They seem to think that health care is going to continue on as it has been, uninterrupted without any problems while they cut back on the cash without having any opportunities or initiatives allowing the health care system to resolve its own problems through the market forces or whatever.
When will the Liberals get their heads out of the sand and recognize there is a real problem in health care that is caused by the lack of funding? When are they going to allow this additional funding either through taxpayers' dollars or by letting the marketplace put some money into it?