Mr. Chair, I am honoured this evening to speak to the issue of hepatitis C compensation on behalf of not only my party, but more important members of my own community in my own riding that have this terrible disease.
I would like to begin by thanking the minister himself who appears to have a certain openness and compassion about this issue. That is refreshing.
Mr. Chair, if I could just ask, who am I to talk to when the opposite side of the House is empty?