Mr. Speaker, the member has to acknowledge that if she is dealing just with cash, she may be able to come up with a number such as 14 ¢, 18 ¢ or whatever she thinks it is. She fails to recognize that we transfer taxing authority to the provinces to make up the additional amounts. As well, the federal government is directly responsible for aboriginal health care. It is also directly responsible for prevention programs dealing with tobacco, et cetera. When we add the federal government's contribution to the total cost of health care in Canada, its contribution is 45 ¢ on the dollar.
The member should acknowledge that she is playing games with numbers. She should admit it right now.