Mr. Speaker, the second petition I would like to introduce is a very thick one. Literally thousands of Canadians have signed this petition which calls on the federal government to increase the amount they pay into health care.
They point out that currently the federal government only pays 13.5% of the total health care costs and the provinces have to deal with the rest. These people feel that this opens the door to a two tier, American style, privatized health care. They plead that the government stops that possible trend and direction.