Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition does not understand the callous game that some of these provinces are playing.
I was the one who was at the table. I was the one who was in the room last summer when the minister of health for Ontario said he would not discuss compensation for any victims under any circumstances, saying he was afraid that if he did so, people on waiting lists for surgery who were not operated upon early enough would sue him. I was in the room when the minister of health from British Columbia said compensation for nobody because there are problems with children's aid and they would be suing too.
It was the federal government showing leadership that got this issue on the national agenda.