Mr. Speaker, I welcome the question. The government has given priority in the budget to health issues. Evidently health is intimately connected to environmental issues. The allocation of $11.5 billion to health is a good foundation on which to build an approach to environmental issues in the next budget.
I regret to note that the Reform Party amendment before us urges the rejection of the allocation of $11.5 billion to health which the budget has launched. For the life of me I cannot understand why the Reform Party is taking such dog in the manger position instead of supporting the very fact that the government is injecting a substantial amount of money into health over the next few years. It should support this measure and it should indicate to its constituents that this is a good move in the right direction.