Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the member's two cents worth but the reality is far different from what she suggests.
Public spending on health will be $60 billion next year; $20 billion of that will be financed by the Government of Canada. One-third of public spending on health next year will be financed by Ottawa. That has increased a lot over the last couple of years.
In the future, as circumstances permit, we will do more but it will take money and hard work. We are offering both. We want to work with the provinces to make sure we keep medicare and make it serve Canadians well.