Mr. Speaker, I believe all members of the House have the same objective of ensuring that the health care system is available to all Canadians and has no financial barriers to it. We have a serious problem. As the member knows we have an aging population. The population of people over the age of 65 will double in the next 30 years.
Ralph Klein is proposing in Alberta that if the public system cannot take care of patients he will pay those in the private sector to provide health care services. Then people on waiting lists will get medical care when they need it at a cost lower than the cost in the public system. How will this damage the public system?