Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the minister for her remarks, although I am somewhat confused when she says that the Romanow report does not suggest nor does the government intend to impose requirements on the provinces, which of course occupy the exclusive constitutional jurisdiction for health care. However, my reading of the Romanow report is such that it effectively rules out any role for internal markets within the provision of public health care, and it effectively dismisses the range of blended systems in terms of delivery which exists in all the social democracies of Europe, including Sweden, France and Germany.
Out of an honest curiosity, I am just wondering if the minister could comment on why it is that the government seems so hostile to adopting the kinds of internal market systems that exist and the choices outside the state delivery that exist in western European countries, which all guarantee universal access regardless of financial means.