Mr. Speaker, the government just takes a different position on this issue than the government of Premier Harris.
Let me give an example. The only known drug to help hepatitis C is Interferon. At the moment in Ontario it costs about $10,000 out of the pocket of the victim in some cases to get that drug, $10,000 for one course of treatment. The $10,000 cheque that the Harris government is mailing out is not going to do much good to the person who needs that drug.
What we propose is cost sharing with the provinces to get that drug into their hands without any out of pocket expense. Why will they not do what we propose and help those who are sick with treatment and not with payment?