Mr. Chair, again the hon. member has raised a very serious question, one on which I do believe the government has shown some considerable humanity and compassion to choose his language.
We have committed approximately $1.4 billion for compensating and assisting people infected with hepatitis C through the blood system. We as a federal government have paid $875 million to fulfill our financial obligations to claimants under the 1986 to 1990 hepatitis C settlement agreement. In fact, this all flows directly from Krever.