Mr. Speaker, today at the hepatitis C conference the victims blew the lid off the health minister's excuses.
The head of the Canadian Hemophilia Society told the conference that the number of victims infected before 1986 who are sick enough to need compensation is probably only 5,000 to 8,000. That is a far cry from the 60,000 people the health minister's propaganda suggests.
Is the government prepared to pay all those victims who are sick enough to help, yes or no?