Mr. Speaker, while this member and the Ontario minister of health pontificate politically about payment, people in Ontario cannot get Interferon which they need to treat their hepatitis C.
Not long ago two women from Windsor appeared before the Ontario legislature begging for access to Interferon. They have to wait weeks for the Ontario minister of health to give permission that it be furnished and then they have to pay up to $10,000 to get the drug.
I say that is wrong. That is why we on this side of the House want treatment. We want care, not cash. He is wrong and he knows it.