Mr. Speaker, 13 governments, all the provinces, the two territories and the Government of Canada had to make a tough decision. We identified in this tainted blood tragedy a period of 1986 to 1990 which stands apart from all the others.
During that period there were tests available that could have and should have been put in place to avoid infections and they were not. We are compensating people during that period because it was during that period that something could have been done to help.