Mr. Speaker, the West Germans have been aware of a process to secure blood safety prior to 1986, and it has been brought to our attention. In the meantime Canada was purchasing contaminated blood products for our people from the U.S. prison system.
Justice Krever stated in his report: “Compensating some needy sufferers and not others cannot, in my opinion, be justified”. I do not think there is anyone in this House who could justify what this government is doing. It cannot be justified.
With this in mind, why is the minister refusing to—