Madam Speaker, I do not dispute that management structural issues have to be dealt with. The population over the age of 65 will double in the next 20 years. Some 70% of health care is spent on those people with more expensive medical technology. My colleague on the other side knows very well that gap will widen dramatically.
Yes, some management changes have to be made. Yes, streamlining has to occur, but those changes are only minor in terms of the cost savings. The amount of money that will be required to pay for all that we ask, including home care, drugs and a litany of other issues, far exceeds that which exists in the pockets of the federal or provincial coffers.