Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister.
We have built our health care system on the principle, on the dream that health care would be there for Canadians when they need it regardless of their financial circumstances and regardless of where they happen to live. Canadians are rallying here on Parliament Hill behind that dream because the federal government has walked away from the health care partnership, has failed to enforce the Canada Health Act and has actively encouraged privatization.
When and why did the federal government give up on the dream of a universal, not for profit, public health care system?