Mr. Speaker, the hepatitis C victims of tainted blood continue to wait. Even the lucky few who were promised help by the Liberals if they were sick have not received a cent, and it has been two years.
There were $1.1 billion promised, and nothing received. To make it worse the victims lawyers are in court asking for more money, and guess who for. It is for themselves.
The health minister is the architect of this mess. He persists in thinking lawyer thoughts of confrontation, litigation and send a bigger bill. If he had agreed to a no fault compensation program similar to the one which HIV victims received, these poor victims would have received help long ago.
Where is the $1.1 billion? Come to think of it, HRDC mishandled about $1 billion last year. Calamity Jane could have easily found a way to spend it all.