Mr. Speaker, I can recall a statement often made by former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in our caucus when he talked about some of the things that maybe the member had said to him. It was about approach and the way it was approached it in terms of the words and the twisting. He said it was a mirage, an effort to gloss it over, to make it look like something it was not.
Providing prenatal and obstetrical services to any woman having a baby, I do not care whether she is aboriginal or otherwise, is not an option, it is medically necessary. What has not happened, and what will not happen, is the wait times guarantee as it relates to cancer treatment, cardiac care, sight restoration, joint replacement and diagnostic imaging.
Those are the five areas that the Prime Minister promised on December 2, to start immediately after the election and to be completed in 2006. It will not happen. As a matter of fact, we will be, mark my words, in an election before we see any movement on this stuff and we will have yet another platform from the Conservatives to see how many people they can get to vote for them.
We can look at their initiatives. For instance, how about cutting literacy and women's programs. There are so many things that have happened. The people who have been harmed the most are the people least likely to vote Conservative.