Mr. Speaker, I would respectfully disagree with my hon. friend and say that this budget has a $1 billion fund that will be of assistance to building capacity in areas where the provinces want to work with us on a patient wait times guarantee.
Let us take the case of Newfoundland and Labrador and the area it wants to work with us is cardiac care. In that case, for the next while we will be building up capacity, whether it is ensuring we have the doctors and nurses, the information technology or the managerial capacity, we will ensure that when we declare a guarantee on cardiac care in Newfoundland and Labrador we can deliver on the promise. The provinces and territories told me that there was no use making a promise unless we can deliver on them. I agree with them, and that is what this budget does.