Mr. Speaker, Speaker, because in our analysis carried out by every government in Canada when we looked at the history of this matter as sketched out in the Krever report and elsewhere, it was clear that in the period 1986 to 1990 something could have been done to manage the risks. Something should have been done to prevent the infections and it was not.
In those circumstances all the governments of Canada agreed that is the appropriate basis on which the public should offer compensation to those who were harmed.