Mr. Speaker, in the face of rising concerns about Canadians being denied prompt quality health care, the government's only response has been to commission yet another lengthy study. It already has in hand the 1997 report of its National Forum on Health which studied medicare for two years. In addition, the Senate is engaged in a comprehensive study on health care and has released its first report.
With this wealth of information already available, why is the government still unable to show the leadership that Canadians are looking for on health care issues?