Mr. Speaker, the members of the committee voted unanimously to extend compensation. The minister agreed to that and began the process.
The member asking the question, in partisan political fashion, brought a motion to the committee that Liberals could not support for two reasons. First, the work was already begun to provide compensation forthwith as quickly as possible. Second, the motion is flawed where it speaks of a federal compensation fund.
The compensation is not federal. It belongs to the people suffering from hepatitis C and is entrusted to them through the courts.