Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to speak once again in the House of Commons as the representative of St. John's East.
I want to reflect on the member's comments about co-operation. That is what Canadians want and they have spoken in that regard.
I do not like to be cynical when we are talking about co-operation, but with respect to the issue of pharmacare, our party called for a universal comprehensive system and the throne speech talks about taking certain steps along the way. On dental care, we talked about a specific, practical, doable program that could be implemented immediately and the throne speech merely talked about a universal program being studied. To me, that seems to be a cynical approach to these two important issues.
I would ask the member to comment on that and try to reconcile that with co-operation.