Mr. Speaker, certainly I support Bill 11. I think it is the way to go. We have to try new things. When people say they are opposed to it, we have to ask them if they want the status quo. Do they want to have medicare as it was in the 1960s, a socialized, state run hospital system along the lines of those in North Korea and Cuba? Are those the kinds of health care systems they want or do they want to modernize the system? It should be a pilot project. We should try it.
The premiers are forced into coming up with these ideas because there is no leadership from the federal government. That is what is wrong. Whether it works or not, the point is they are trying to fix the system which is unsustainable and the status quo is not an option. And if it does not work, we will try something else.