Mr. Speaker, this government said in the budget and the Minister of Finance has said repeatedly that the Canada Health Act is not negotiable.
The hon. member is discussing funding of medicare. We know that many reputable studies have now shown that we spend more as a percentage of our GDP for health care than most other nations with systems of medicare like ours. We can manage our system better and we can make a better system, a more efficient and a more affordable system, by looking at health care renewal in terms of management changes, in terms of moving from acute care to community care, in terms of looking at technology assessment, assessing outcomes and guidelines for care. We can save a great deal of money and provide a better system of health care.