Mr. Speaker, I share the hon. member's concern that these needs be addressed. That is exactly why last September, as part of the agreement with the provincial governments, we put $800 million forward in a targeted fund to assist in making frontline services more accessible to Canadians.
That is why we put $500 million forward in the targeted fund for high tech to link doctors, nurses and other practitioners to share patient information to improve access to quality care.
We are on the job and working with our provincial partners to address the very problems referred to by the hon. member.