Mr. Speaker, Alberta Premier Ralph Klein has his foot to the floor in his drive toward two tier health care. We are only weeks away from the introduction of for profit hospital care in Canada and the Liberal government is still in disarray, wringing its hands, paralyzed in the glare of Klein's headlights.
Canadians do not want two tier health care and across the country are mobilizing to fight it. Only the Liberals seem powerless to act. They should snap out of it and wake up.
The government has the power to stop the Klein monster it created with its transfer cuts and lack of leadership. It can use the surplus budget and restore the transfer payments fully. The government can immediately act to outlaw private hospitals. It can act now, not next month, not next year, to bring in national home care and national pharmacare.
The big question is do the Liberals have the political will to act in time or will our valued public health system become roadkill on the drive to private profits?