Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister said in the House about 45 minutes ago that his government had not cut health care.
Let me quote from the government's own document "Getting Government Right" dated February 20, 1997. On major transfers to other levels of government, the actual Canada health and social transfer for 1993-94 was $16.8 billion, down to $12.5 billion in 1997-98 and going down again next year to $11.8 billion.
In light of that irrefutable evidence, will the Prime Minister withdraw his assertion that he has not cut health care and admit that he has misled the House?