Mr. Chairman, there are no new ideas out there. We hear the same rhetoric about what should be happening and telling the federal government what it is or is not doing. We need to start a new program for health care with new ideas.
The incentive program is something that should be looked at and considered. If the federal government were really concerned about health care as a unit, it would return the health care dollars it took back in 1993 or bring health care back to the 1993 level. That is a starting point in taking steps to providing a better health care system.
If the government is not willing to do that, then we must come up with new ideas. The federal government should be listening. I hope the Romanow commission will look at these incentives seriously to ensure we have a new health care system that will work for Canadians.