Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to my hon. colleague. He made a number of very good points as they relate to health care in Canada.
He has done research and information gathering in his own riding and perhaps other parts of Ontario near and close to where he lives. Could he confirm for me whether Canadians really do want the federal government simply to throw more money at health care or whether, as I believe, people in his riding and elsewhere would rather see the federal, provincial and territorial governments roll up their sleeves and work together to come up with a strategic long term plan? Once that was done, then put in the money, the resources necessary to sustain that plan.
The hon. member is very learned and one with great experience. He was head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and he has a great wealth of knowledge. I wonder if he could comment on that question.