Hon. Mr. Chair--and I keep saying hon. Mr. Chair because that is what I used to say when I was in the provincial legislature, and you are honourable nonetheless, Mr. Chair--home care is on the national agenda. There is absolutely no question about it. That is why in fact in the most recent accord we made some progress in coming to a consensus about what we should have at least in three different areas: in the end of life care we should have by 2006 in place with some palliative specific drugs available to people; post-acute care, two-week period at least, by 2006; and mental issues, mental health in terms of a two-week period. That is a beginning.
I must admit that it is not as large a beginning as I would have liked it to be, but the difficulty is that we have to arrive at a consensus with provinces across the country.
Some money for home care and catastrophic coverage was included in the 2003 accord. More money has now been included in the current accord for home care and catastrophic coverage. I believe that has to happen, but it has to happen in working with the provinces and the territories. It is very important that we do that. When we set those kinds of standards that we have set in the current accord, then we are working toward home care that is nationally available in a similar fashion across the country. It may be slow, but we will get there.