Mr. Speaker, my physician colleagues tell me that the Canada Health Act is outdated.
For example, the Canada Health Act is supposed to provide reasonable access to health services yet in Manitoba people are waiting 60 weeks for hip replacement. In Saskatchewan people are waiting 30 weeks for cataract surgery. Quebecers have to line up behind 1,460 patients for hernia surgery.
Will the minister responsible for these waiting lists define reasonable access so that Canadians will be protected by the Canada Health Act?