Mr. Speaker, the question is: Why has this minister been pretending to the Canadian public that the Canada Health Act does prevent privatization? Why is he allowing those funds to go out with no accountability and without stopping privatization?
Why is it that the Liberals pretend in an election that they are there to support public health care and yet in government they are prepared to stand by and watch people whip out their credit cards instead of their health care cards to pay for health care?
Does the minister just lack the gumption to enforce the act and stop privatization or is he just content to see another promise broken by his government?