Mr. Speaker, one of the issues that Canadians from coast to coast to coast are very much concerned with is the issue of health care.
When we think of health care, we know it was Pierre Trudeau who actually brought in the health care act. It was Jean Chrétien who prevented the tax shift from taking over, in terms of the funding of health care. Then it was Paul Martin who established the health care accord that ultimately led to today when we are giving billions of dollars in health care transfer cash over to the provinces.
Now, that agreement is expiring in 2014.
What is the current government going to be known for, in terms of health care for Canadians, given that even the money that is going into health care today is not because of the current Conservative government? It is because of a health care accord that was reached with the Paul Martin government back in 2004.
That agreement expires in 2014.
Where in this budget or anywhere within the government is there a commitment to health care into the future?