Mr. Speaker, 54% of Canadians say that health care is their number one concern.
The Minister of Health proposes more rounds of talks with the provinces, but not until May. We already know the system is not working. We know the status quo is not an option. We already know that health care is not sustainable.
Here is what the government does not tell us. Canada ranks 23rd out of 29 OECD countries for total health expenditures. The provinces are having to devise their own strategies because the government shows no leadership. Above all, the disasters in health care continue.
We have a government which has misplaced $1 billion. Ours is a country whose government has placed us in the bottom third of the OECD countries, below Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Will it take the total collapse of health care before this government gets off the fence and does something?