Mr. Speaker, once again I listened with much interest to my hon. colleague from Cape Breton who spoke so eloquently about the crisis in which health care finds itself, particularly as a result of the lack of adequate federal financing.
The question I have for the member has to do with the situation south of the border in the United States where it does have a for profit health care system. A report came out last week indicating that the reason for the lion's share of personal bankruptcies filed in the United States was as a result of the horrendous health care costs that families were required to provide and that once those health care costs were provided it bankrupted the family operation and they had to declare personal bankruptcy as a result.
Based on the United States experience, would the member share the concern that this may threaten us here in Canada?