Mr. Chair, the member for Palliser raised a lot of concerns. I think he is quite right that the concern is about supply, price and safety. The main threat to those three factors is bulk exports to the United States.
The member also mentioned that at health committee the Conservative member for Yellowhead brought forward a motion to encourage the government to ban bulk exports so there is no threat that bulk exports to any other nation could occur. That motion was passed by the health committee and it was passed by the House 288 to nothing. Yet the minister has done nothing.
Is the member frustrated by the government's inaction? Also, could the member comment on the inaction on the entire health file, be it wait times, dealing with the human resource crisis in the medical field, or even the crisis that the government caused in the first place? Ten years ago the government cut transfer payments by $25 billion and reduced the number of medical graduates. Now we are in a big mess. Could the member expand on his comments to the broader issue of the health care crisis in which we see ourselves today?