Mr. Speaker, I listened carefully to the speech delivered by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health. As interesting as it was, I think it was made during the wrong debate. The motion before the House deals with the government withdrawing from health care funding, but I think the member deliberately chose not to address this issue.
As the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, the member is probably more knowledgeable than many others. So, I would like to put to him some more pointed questions, which he should be able to answer.
The motion brought forward by my hon. colleague from Hochelaga—Maisonneuve condemns the government for withdrawing from health care funding. It condemns the government—rightly or wrongly, that would be up to the parliamentary secretary to tell us—for no longer shouldering more than 14% of the costs of health care. It reminds the House that, in 1993-94, when the Liberal Party took over, the federal contribution stood at 22.4%. So, this represents a drop of around 10%.
I have a question for the parliamentary secretary, who will probably vote against the motion, about the government no longer shouldering more than 14% of health care funding. If my colleague does not agree with this figure, could he tell the House what percentage of health care funding his government is shouldering? As the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, could he answer this question?