Mr. Speaker, I thank our colleague for supporting the motion. I would like to ask him three short questions.
He is quite right in saying that the provinces have already thought for a very long time about the form that the health system should take. I am willing to share with him a document that proves that seven provinces out of ten have had working groups between 1997 and now. That is my first comment. If I understood his speech correctly, he wishes to give the provinces as much autonomy as possible.
Second, would he agree that there would be a danger in implementing a conflict resolution scheme between the federal government and the provinces, because this would imply that the federal government can intervene beyond what the constitution allows it to do? The constitution allows the federal government to intervene in health issues concerning aboriginals, epidemics, quarantines and military personnel services.
Does the member share my view that a federal-provincial conflict resolution scheme could lead the government to intervene in a way we cannot wish for if we really want to abide by the letter of the constitution?