Mr. Speaker, although the member said I am wrong, wrong, wrong, I did not comment on the points she raised, so I am not exactly sure how she got there.
The point is that the National Forum on Health advised Canadians, as well as the government, that our health care system had the cash but it was not being spent wisely and that it was necessary to get together with the provinces to start rationalizing our health care system to make sure we deal with it properly.
I agree with the member that there are areas in which we have to provide some vision with regard to the longer term because we have an aging society and the demands on health care will increase. We have put forward another $2.5 billion in one-time transitional funding for the provinces so that we will have the time to get together with them to discuss the future of health care and to do it right.
We also invested $11.5 billion in health care in the previous budget, the single largest investment the government has ever made. That represents a 25% increase over two years. That reflects the commitment of the federal government. The total support for health care and education will rise by $31 billion this year.
When we get together with the provinces the Government of Canada will be there defending the Canada Health Act, regardless of people like Mike Harris and Ralph Klein. Canada will have one health care system and it will be for all Canadians; not because they have money, but because they need health care.