Mr. Speaker, in Regina the health care strike continues. A man has died and CBC is asking if it is a result of the strike.
This tragic death of an elderly man is a symptom of the perpetual finger pointing exercise that is going on in the health care system. Meanwhile, the strike goes on. My constituents are fed up.
All levels of government must take some responsibility for the health care system and work cooperatively toward making our system more efficient.
In her recent report, the Auditor General said that Canadians do not know how much the federal government contributes to health care because the CHST is a block fund which the provinces are free to spend as desired.
By conveniently lumping its CHS transfers, the federal government is avoiding scrutiny on how much money it is really giving to health care. The government should stop hiding behind the CHST and provide Canadians with the real amount that it is giving for health care.
The Canadian Alliance is calling for adequate, stable and transparent federal funding for health care. Canadian families deserve nothing less.