Mr. Speaker, I too listened with interest. I think the hon. accountant has his numbers wrong. It is quite clear if we look at the actual numbers that the amount being restored is considerably less than the level before the Liberals took over in 1993. There was a substantial cut.
For the hon. member and his colleagues to continually rip into Harris in Ontario and Klein in Alberta for cutting health care is like whipping a guy because he is running in a race and his leg has just been cut off. They think that whipping him will make him run faster. It just does not work that way.
Originally the federal government financed health care to the tune of 50% of expenses. It has been cutting back, cutting back and cutting back. That happened under the Conservatives and it has been greatly increased under the Liberals. The fact of the matter is that while the government is still continuing to tax us more and more and more, it is giving back less and less and less to the provinces. The poor provinces with limited funds just do not have the money to put into health care.
If we take a province like Alberta, for example—and it is the same in Ontario—the actual component of what the province has put into health care has increased in the same length of time as the government was cutting its funding for health care. Then the federal government turns around and blames the provinces. It is unjust. Let the hon. member try to defend that.