Mr. Speaker, for a minute I thought my colleague had forgotten that I was not part of the government right now.
However, I am proud of the investments and the initiatives that our government took on the health file. There have been many misstatements and misinformation made over the last number of years in terms of so-called health cuts. Our government increased funding to provinces at 6% per year. That certainly is not a cut.
We also committed to continue to invest going forward. I am happy to do anything we can to advance the health care of Canadians.
If members examine my record, they will see that over the last number of years I have worked hard on issues such as mental health initiatives, suicide prevention and palliative care. I certainly plan to continue those efforts as we go forward.