Mr. Speaker, the administration for health care has, since the inception of Canada, been a provincial responsibility. It is not under control of the federal government.
I take up the challenge, though, when my hon. colleague from across the way suggests that people do not listen to the federal government. It seems to me that in the poll I saw yesterday, the NDP had 9% of the people supporting it, which generally would mean its rate of popularity, of being listened to, is 9%. Right now the Liberal government has a 55% support rate.
The fact is that people know this Liberal government has worked hard and is working hard in their interests. People know that we try to serve the Canadian public as well as we can and they know the government has been responsible since being elected. There is no question about our track record of being responsible, bringing the issues forth to the public and dealing with them in an open forum like we are with the Romanow report.