Mr. Speaker, I have tremendous respect for the Deputy Prime Minister after following his career over the years. But as a new member in this House I am ashamed of what he is saying.
He knows damn well this is a federal agency that is responsible for the hep C victims and he also knows damn well there has been $7 billion cut from health care and that is why the provincial governments were coerced into this agreement. That is exactly why these governments have been sucked into this deal by the federal government.
It is the federal government that should be showing leadership on this, not the provinces.