Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech.
We can agree on the fact that we are going through a public health crisis that requires heavy investment in health care. As the critic for status of women and seniors, I have been hearing a lot about that. People tell me that, in order to provide care to everyone, we need more PPE and support workers, and we need to pay support workers better. Nobody I talk to says we need national standards. In fact, my colleague talked about the importance of respecting each region's unique needs.
I would like him to comment on why health transfers were reduced from 6% to 3%. Why does he think it is important to restore health transfers to 35% to help the provinces take care of people with COVID-19?