Mr. Speaker, my question is for the finance minister. Under the per capita method of health care funding put in place by the former minister of finance, nearly 90% of the increase in federal transfers in the last three years has gone to Ontario, B.C. and Alberta. The poorer provinces have received almost no increases.
Roy Romanow has called for changes to the federal funding formula to help the poor provinces meet the health care needs of their citizens.
Will the government change this funding formula that discriminates against the citizens of have not provinces like Nova Scotia?