Mr. Speaker, I thank the hon. member for his statement. One of my favourite pastimes is ripping into the Liberal government. Although I have some personal friends on the other side and I respect a lot of them greatly, fact is fact.
The member is absolutely correct. When it comes to health care spending, the $11.5 billion over five years, they did not take into account inflation or the fact that we have an aging population. They certainly did not take into account the needs of rural Canada when it came to the budget.
When they talk about the major urban centres and the health care crisis of downtown Toronto, Montreal, Halifax or Vancouver, they certainly forget areas like Medicine Hat, Sheet Harbour, Whitehorse, Yellowknife, et cetera. The government should not be very pleased with what it has been doing to rural health care.