Mr. Speaker, I am having some difficulty understanding the logic of the hon. member for Edmonton-Strathcona. He is talking about transferring tax points with no strings attached. This is transferring more money to the provinces, giving them carte blanche and letting them decide what their core programs would be. Each province would decide what its core program would be and we would have different core programs from province to province.
He says he does not want to create a two tier program. I do not understand how the member can say that he would have an accessible health care system across the country where one province's accessibility would be defined in one way and another province differently. It is quite conceivable that in some provinces health care would not be accessible to people who are poor because they would have to pay certain types of remuneration or what have you.
I do not understand what the member is actually asking. Basically the current health care system structure has allowed the provinces to administer their health care systems as they wish as long as they are able to respect the five conditions. That is not so difficult. Those are not very difficult conditions to respect. His colleague earlier said they do not endorse the five principles. They are pretty broad.
I would like to know from the member exactly what kind of medicare system the Reform Party envisions. If it sees one different for every province with accessibility varying without any national principles, however broad, I have some difficulty with that. I would really like to understand where the provinces are now hampered in the administration of the health care system.