Madam Speaker, what does hon. member think about the recent comments of the British Columbia Health Association about being significantly concerned about access to essential health care services in British Columbia? This is not something occurring solely in British Columbia. As the member well knows, it is occurring across the country.
My party has proposed an alternative form of the Canada Health Act. We would allow the provinces to have such structures as private medical clinics. Not a dollar from Canadian taxpayers would go toward paying for it. Members of the public would have the choice to pay for the services, whatever they happen to be, in private clinics. We must bear in mind that the services would be offered to anybody in a public hospital or a clinic.
What is so wrong? How will private structures involving the exchange of private moneys impede the ability of the public sector to provide services? Also, why does the government have such an aversion to choice when we have choice in almost everything else in our lives?