Mr. Speaker, the leader of the NDP does not understand that we were the ones who initiated the compensation and we put $800 million on the table. At that time the provinces, including the socialist premier, did not want to put a cent on the table. It is this Minister of Health who decided that the compensation was needed for those infected after 1986 and he forced the provincial governments to the table to try to get compensation.
In the House of Commons on June 9th, 1998. See this statement in context.