Absolutely. I am quite proud to pay my taxes to help those people. I do not consider it charity which is why I am not for workfare or any such thing. These people have a right to be assisted by the system and the government. They have paid taxes before and they have earned the assistance.
With respect to the Gimble clinic, laser surgery and stepping out of line, I do not want that system. Before we know it we will have a system where the people who can afford it will always be stepping out of line. The best specialists can charge more money because profit as a motive will always be working in the best clinics. Before we know it we will end up with a two-tier system
no matter how we look at it. I have seen it happen in other jurisdictions and it will happen here. It is not necessary.
The publicly administered health care system is the most cost effective system in the world. It saves money because the motive is not profit, it is to deliver the best possible system to the citizens of the province.
Those are my comments and some of my questions. I would really like to understand what core services are to the Reform Party as I have not quite understood that yet.