Mr. Speaker, the hon. member was not listening clearly. The Alliance Party has been clear on this, even in the last election. The Canadian Alliance supports the Canada Health Act. We have been asking that a sixth principle of stable funding be added by statute so that we could never again see what the federal Liberals did in terms of slashing the transfer payments to provinces. Within the Canada Health Act Canadians expect they would be able to receive insured necessary health services without any financial impediment and without having to pay. That is something that has to be maintained.
The types of flexibility I am talking about can be handled within the Canada Health Act. If there is a discussion on the Canada Health Act in terms of being improved, then let us look at it. That would obviously have to happen with the full agreement of the provinces and the federal government. The type of reforms we are talking about can happen within the present system, as long as there is a federal government that is willing to work in a co-operative way, respect areas of provincial jurisdiction and keep the federal nose out of provincial jurisdiction.