Madam Speaker, some if not all of what the member had to say is inaccurate.
In terms of the transfers from the federal government, when we were in power from 1988 to 1993, as an example we planned to cut back on the rate of increase. For example, we would project a 5% increase in transfers to the provinces which might go to 4%. The NDP took that as a cutback. NDP members are very selective in their use of figures. This is one case where I agree with the member for Calgary—Nose Hill. Today, the point is that the feet of the government in power should be held to the fire.
In terms of Joe Clark's position, that is totally inaccurate. Joe Clark supports the five principles of health care. He suggested a sixth one, which no other leader has been brave enough to do. We are convinced that to solve this crisis we have to have open and honest dialogue and that also means open and honest dialogue for the NDP premier.
I talked about Roy Romanow and I tried to be generous, but with those kinds of remarks from the NDP member, it is pretty hard to be generous. The truth is that Roy Romanow will have to do the horror of all horrors. He will have to define what will be paid for by the province. I mentioned this in a speech in the House about a month ago, long before the NDP knew what Roy Romanow would do.
The truth is that he will shorten the list of services that will be provided by the province of Saskatchewan. The truth is that he is being forced to do it by the federal government. It is no different from any other premier. It is no different from Ralph Klein in terms of bill 11.
Basically Ralph Klein said that he did not want to do it but was being forced to do it. I am sure Roy Romanow does not want to do what he will do, but he is forced to do it. On that we could agree, but I am disappointed in the tone and the comments made by the NDP member.