Madam Speaker, I will try to tone it down just a little bit here. I think they both have valid points and they should debate this out.
I actually find this quite humourous, especially coming from the government. The member is quite right. There is no doubt that the government has cut transfer payments to the provinces with regard to the health care system. When the provinces signed into this system they were guaranteed a 50:50 split. Now we are down to about 13%.
What I would like to ask the member is this. Although we—