Mr. Speaker, I wonder how proud the member is of the fact that 200,000 Canadians are on waiting lists for health care today. How proud is she of the fact that 1,400 doctors have left Canada in the last two years? I wonder how proud is she—and this is a little ironic given the rhetoric we have heard—of the fact that so many desperate Canadians who cannot get timely health care are being forced to go to the United States to seek treatment. Under this government equal access does not mean equal access to treatment, it means equal access to a waiting list. How proud is the member of those facts that have been created by her government?
In the House of Commons on March 2nd, 1999. See this statement in context.