Madam Speaker, I would like to echo some of the people who have already spoken in the chamber this evening. I have deep concerns about our ability to meet the needs of those with rare diseases. It is something I have met with my constituents on frequently. There are constituents I will be visiting next week when I am back home, and I want to make sure they understand how important this is to me.
That said, it is a little rich to hear from my Conservative colleagues that they are blaming the race to the bottom between the Liberals and the Conservatives on who cut more to health care. Certainly, we saw a cut to the transfer payments under Stephen Harper. What we need to do is not necessarily talk about that, but talk about how we can make our system better. Universal pharmacare is of course the best way to do that.