Mr. Speaker, we met with the provincial governments. We were the ones who initiated the program. They were not interested.
The Minister of Health had meeting after meeting, trying to persuade them to put up money. Health is a provincial responsibility. We put up $800 million. They put up only $300 million. We had to fight with them.
Today we have the very courageous Mr. Bouchard and Mr. Harris. Let the government pay. Intervention in provincial affairs. Running the health care system for them.