Mr. Speaker, it is a sad thing, which is exactly why Canadians are so alarmed, that members of the official opposition talk not at all about the need for innovation in health care. They talk not at all about the threat of bill 11 not just to universal not for profit health care in Alberta but to universal not for profit public health care across the country.
When they finally get up out of their seats and start to raise issues about health care, it is after Canadians have noted that they have completely abandoned their responsibility as the official opposition to stand up for a public not for profit universal health care system. They have it in their heads that there is some either/or here.
We absolutely want to see innovation. We need innovation in the health care system. At the very least we need the government to deliver on its commitment to home care and to a pharmacare program, but it cannot be at the expense of the universal provision of health care to those who need it. That is what the official opposition party does not seem willing either to accept or take any leadership on.