Mr. Speaker, the hon. member should be aware that the Government of Canada in co-operation with the provinces is working on a number of initiatives across the country in order to relieve the pressures which are on our health care system. Many individuals, including ministers of health from across the country, have indicated quite clearly that the problems in our health care system, which I have acknowledged and which they have acknowledged, are not as a result of lack of funding. They are due in large part to the inappropriate management of the various systems across the country.
In the House of Commons on December 2nd, 1996. See this statement in context.