Mr. Speaker, I will start by answering the second part of the question asked by my colleague.
The provinces will continue to wait at the door to try to obtain more funding. It is human nature, and we know that. Let us not forget that all the provinces are receiving funding every year under the agreement signed by all of them in September 2000, and that funding will continue to increase each year over the next three years.
We can debate the figures and say that it is 14%, 18% or 20%, but the 14% figure refers only to the portion paid under the Canada health and social transfer. We know full well that the CHST accounts for only 41% of total health transfers.
There are obviously other amounts that are transferred in support of health, but the opposition has a tendency to ignore them.