Mr. Chairman, I do not know who is throwing the greatest fear into whose heart. However the hon. member opposite commented that in the last while the Liberals have seemed to be systematically taking money out of the health care system.
I would remind the hon. member opposite that although the Liberals put money back into the budget last year and the year before that they are still a billion dollars short of what they took out eight years ago. It is therefore not an unfounded accusation.
The biggest concern of both seniors and young people is stability and the need to feel secure and safe in our society. This is what I heard from seniors across Canada. They said they want to feel secure and safe. They want to be treated at home to the degree that it is possible. They want the services they need when they need them. They want to be able to afford the medicines they need despite being on fixed incomes.
We can point the finger forever and say it is the fault of the Liberals, the Conservatives or the provinces. However it is the fault of all of us if we do nothing about it.
One of the reasons I am here tonight is to draw attention to the fact that there are solutions. Will the government take it on itself to introduce stable funding into the health care system, something it has refused to do for the last eight years? The government has played around with the system. It has added money and taken money away. The end result is that it is still short of where it was in 1993.