Mr. Speaker, yesterday in the House and repeated again today in response to questions on whether Alberta's Bill 11 violates the Canada Health Act, the health minister said, “If the hon. member has a legal opinion with respect to it now, I wish she would share that with the House”.
I have two legal opinions commissioned by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, one by Joseph Arvay and Murray Rankin with an opinion on a number of issues in relation to the Canada Health Act particularly regarding the proposed Alberta health care protection act, Bill 11. The second is by Steven Shrybman and is called “A Legal Opinion Concerning NAFTA Investment and Services Disciplines and Bill 11: Proposals by Alberta to Privatize the Delivery of Certain Insured Health Care Services”.
Both documents give the opinion that Bill 11 violates the spirit of the Canada Health Act. Given what the Minister of Health has said in the House, I would ask for unanimous consent to table both documents.