Mr. Speaker, the member would do well to recall that it is precisely to spare people unnecessary litigation that the government initiated a process which resulted in the offer to some 22,000 people who were infected between 1986 and 1990.
As to the rest, the member would have us put the cart before the horse. We prefer to do the homework first, and that is why all interested parties are at work this week on the working group to find a solution for which there is a national consensus.