Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier in Oral Question Period to anybody who is listening, the government has acted on something that perhaps the opposition does not recognize.
We acted on a principle. That principle was that those who are ill deserve care, not cash but care. Those who became ill because of the public blood system will get the care they need for their whole lives if the provinces will accept our offer.
We have offered to share the costs for the whole of their lives to make sure that any medical service they need, whether it is drugs that are not covered by insurance or nursing care, is provided without those people paying from their own pockets.