Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased to be able to participate in this debate and to very clearly indicate on behalf of all my colleagues in the New Democratic Party our opposition to the motion from the Bloc.
With due respect to the members of the Bloc, we want to say today that the motion is not based on fact and is very destructive and hurtful to the possibilities we have before us in terms of the future of health care.
The motion is clearly, word for word, identical to the motion that was proposed by the Péquiste government in the assembly just this past week. It is--