Mr. Speaker, last evening Premier Klein went on TV to tell Albertans that he will openly defy the principles of medicare by allowing the development of a private, for profit hospital system. He said he intends to allow public tax dollars to be siphoned off directly into the pockets of private health corporations.
Surely that was not the intention of the architects of medicare. Surely this is not Canadians' interpretation of the Canada Health Act.
I want to ask the health minister, does he believe that for profit private hospitals are consistent with the principles of the Canada Health Act?