Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her question. Certainly the quality of long term health care for veterans is a priority for the government. In fact earlier this year we signed an agreement with the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation to ensure that the ten national health care options for veterans are implemented and in the process of accreditation. In fact today 93% of the priority access beds are accredited. We will continue to strive for excellence in the quality of health care for all our veterans across this nation.
In the House of Commons on May 7th, 2002. See this statement in context.