Mr. Chairman, I know we cannot use documents, but I would like to quote, if I may, from the Romanow commission's interim report, in connection with the 50-50. Commissioner Romanow is not a man who could be suspected of sovereignist tendencies, but he says the following:
The first step toward universal public coverage began with the introduction of hospitalization insurance in Saskatchewan in 1947. In 1957, the federal government committed to sharing the costs of hospitalization insurance with the provinces.
This is the historical review given by the Romanow commission, and that is what we were talking about. It has always been a question of 50-50 responsibility for the federal government.