Mr. Speaker, perhaps to follow this line of questioning I will pose my question to the Minister of Finance.
Montreal and Toronto area emergency rooms are in a crisis situation. Patients are lying on gurneys in hospitals because they cannot get beds. Our health care system is in shambles because there was $6 billion ripped out of the federal transfers to provinces by this government.
Will the Minister of Finance assure this House that the $6 billion will be reinstated to health care before any new program initiatives are brought in by this government?