Mr. Speaker, I was pleased to take part in a round table discussion in Coutice in my riding last Thursday. This meeting centred on economic development and transportation in Durham. We had representatives from agriculture, municipal government, truckers, environmentalists, and indeed from all walks of life.
The people of Durham are tired of the finger pointing that the Harris government of Queen's Park is so famous for. While we work into the wee hours of the morning here in Ottawa, the legislature in Queen's Park has not even sat this year. We know which government is working for the people and which is not.
The people of Durham want government to work toward resolving their health care problems. Canadians know that over $80 billion in total health care spending, or around 9.2% of our GDP, makes us one of the biggest spenders in health care in the world.
No, it is not about money. It is about management of that money. The Harris government taking health care money out of designated trust accounts and spending it on other things is part of the management problem. The people of Durham want the Harris government to stop playing cheap politics and get back to work.