Mr. Speaker, yesterday I had a question for the finance minister with regard to this so-called health care budget. The minister yesterday responded that some of that money is going to pay down past debts. In other words, this health care budget will have a very short shelf life because it is doing nothing to resolve the waiting lines crisis in health care. In fact, it is going to pay off past debts. Can the minister assure us that all that money is going to patient care, or is it going to pay down past debt?
In the House of Commons on February 19th, 1999. See this statement in context.