Mr. Chairman, I listened intently to my hon. colleague's remarks, particularly with regard to seniors. He made mention of the fact that demographics are having an impact on Canadian society in terms of its health care system. The same can be said of countries around the world but particularly of Canada.
In the last decade we have been adrift in terms of health care. We have only been able to get away with it because the impact of the demographics has not yet hit. In the next decade we will see the percentage of people 65 and older increase. The amount of health care dollars they will consume, especially given the new technologies and drug therapies impacting our system, will also increase.
Is my hon. colleague as fearful as I am that the Liberal government that will play politics with health care again? As brilliant as the Romanow commission might be, is my hon. colleague afraid it may be used as a lever to win political gain rather than a way to sustain our health care system into the 21st century, which is what Canadians expect and deserve?