Mr. Speaker, the Deputy Prime Minister says he wants to talk about social policy. Let me ask him then about the fact that the OECD has set a standard for all nations that 75% of health spending should be public spending. Canada used to meet that standard but not any more.
The president of the Canadian Health Association said “That seems to be what we had until the cuts started to take place at the federal and provincial levels. They sort of created a path towards privatization”.
Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with his wife that government cuts starting at the federal level pave the way to privatization of health care in Canada?