Mr. Speaker, the Reform Party is committed to publicly funded health care in Canada.
I will speak very slowly so that the Minister of Health and members on the other side will understand real life examples of my experience in the emergency department.
A young woman came in needing urgent dialysis. She could not get it because the hospital has had its funds cut. She went into cardiac arrest after three days and almost died. On an average night 8 out of 13 hospital bays are filled with patients. There is no room in the hospital and the hospital does not have any money.
Is the minister's version of better health care management to give $97 million to Bombardier or to give money to health care so that Canadians can get urgent treatment when they medically need it?