Mr. Speaker, the answer is yes. We know very well that it would entail additional costs for all the provinces and Quebec.
That also applies in other cases. I would like to make a connection to another matter that has nothing to do with wait lists: approval of breast implants. The answer we were given is that the federal government approves them and then it becomes a provincial responsibility. The provinces will have to pay for the surgical follow-up that may be required as a result of the use of these implants. We know full well that they are harmful to women's health. Thus, the provinces will have to take care of their own problems.
That is more or less what we heard in committee.