Mr. Speaker, the hepatitis C scandal from tainted blood has not been forgotten. Let me summarize this tragedy.
Contaminated blood was not tested in Canada when other countries were carefully screening theirs. Canada imported dirty blood from prisons in Arkansas. Thousands of Canadians are sick because our watchdog, particularly the federal watchdog, failed them. Judge Krever's study recommended helping every sick victim. Yet federal Liberals chose to compensate victims only between 1986 and 1990.
Over two years after that promise only the lawyers have been paid any compensation. The Harris government in Ontario has agreed to compensate all victims, which is quite a contrast. Federal Liberals were forced to vote against the forgotten victims outside the 1986 to 1990 period. My question is why.