Mr. Speaker, speaking about Y2K, when it comes to government preparedness for the Y2K problem Health Canada is dead last.
That is the information the chief information officer told the public accounts committee the other day. Not only are they dead last, but when it comes to individual hospitals the department does not have a clue where they are. It has not measured them in any way, shape or form.
My question is for the Minister of Health. If the government claims that health is the top priority that it says it is, why does he have no idea of what the level of hospital service will be on January 1, 2000?