Madam Speaker, I am heartfelt to hear those words around protecting one of the fundamentals of the Canada Health Act, and that is universality. Unfortunately, the government just seems to want talk about it and not do anything about it. We are asking her to do is to disallow the service immediately.
During this week's emergency debate on the suicide crisis in Attawapiskat, the minister said:
It is unacceptable to have multiple tiers of health access. We would agree that all Canadians...need to have access to the medical care they require based on that need, not based on where they live or whether they can pay for it.
It is time for the government to step up and defend the universality and accessibility. It is time to actually enforce the Canada Health Act.
Private, two-tier health care is a very slippery slope that will dismantle our social safety net, and Canadians need to hear their government commit to protecting health care for everyone and not just the wealthy.