Mr. Speaker, if I thought the member had just a bit of a sense of humour I might not be upset about the comments about mental health. To somehow denigrate mental health or try to turn it into a political issue is disgraceful.
I had a brother, the member should know, who died because of a mental illness. It is a very serious problem.
He should stand in his place and apologize. He really should. The mental health issue is one which I think has been ignored, not only by the provinces but by our own government. I am quite prepared to admit that.
We need to sit down with the provinces to ensure that, if we are going to transfer money, some it goes to mental health. We need to ensure that the money is tied to services for mental health. The money should go directly to help the people who need it most, instead of having spurious remarks made by people like the member opposite about those people.