Mr. Chair, I greatly appreciate the member sharing that personal story.
As I mentioned before, I have some friends, Dave and Carla, in Elliot Lake. I know what they been living through for quite some time. Dave wants nothing more than to at least have some relief. If this procedure could get him out of his wheelchair or at least get him to move his hands so that he could hold his six-year-old son, because he has never been able to hold his son, that would be very powerful for them.
What about Lynn and John Gagnon, in Elliot Lake? Lynn owns a hairdressing shop there. All she wants is be able to get up and go to work, just like everybody else, and tend to her clients and not feel so tired.
There are Lisa and Rob from Manitowaning, who just want to get on with their lives.
MS has a devastating impact.
We have heard over and over again tonight that this is a provincial issue with regard to access. What can the federal government actually do? We've heard this with regard to the HST and the federal government passing the buck to the provinces after it instituted something in the budget to pass the HST. The Conservatives kept saying that it was the provinces.
What can the federal government do?