Madam Chair, health is not an area assigned exclusively to the provinces by the BNA Act. It is a shared area. That is why we have a federal minister of health and a federal committee on health. The Government of Canada has a legitimate role to play in the area of health. For example, it is responsible for the health of aboriginal Canadians and the Canadian Forces.
This issue is relevant to Canadians across the country, 75,000 of them. Much of the money spent on health care comes from federal transfers and the Government of Canada has an interest, the required jurisdiction and the constitutional power to ensure that those funds are spent efficiently, fairly and consistent with charter values.
I again ask that the minister convene her provincial and territorial counterparts and look at how we diagnose and treat CCSVI.