Mr. Speaker, the people of Yellowhead are very fortunate to have such an excellent member of Parliament. As the member mentioned, he was the health critic of our party at the time of SARS and did an outstanding job in that role.
It is interesting that the government has brought forward the legislation even before bringing forward its budget, particularly when it took so long for the previous government to act. Would the member comment on his experience with the commitment of the previous government on this legislation? Why did this government act so swiftly when the other government seemed to dilly-dally.