Madam Speaker, the hon. member from Esquimalt talked about the importance of health care and education. Canadians reflect that and the government has demonstrated that commitment last year with $11.5 billion to health care and this year with another $2.5 billion to the CHST.
The member opposite gave an example of nurses. In the province of Ontario where the health care system underwent severe restructuring the Ontario government laid off 10,000 nurses. Then a couple of years later it said that it did not have enough nurses and would have to hire some of them back. The budget of the province of Ontario for health shows a slight increase, but most of it is for restructuring costs. How can the member opposite talk about putting more funding into a system that is already in need of some repair managerially?