Yes, Mr. Speaker, absolutely. That should have been done long ago.
I was a nurse in my previous life, and I also took part in a number of commissions of inquiry on health care systems, in my province, Quebec, and also across Canada. I can even say, since I am a young person with experience, that I presented a brief to the the Romanow commission, the last major commission of inquiry in Canada.
Even then, a minimum threshold of 25% was recommended. Above all, the three factors recommended were stability, sustainability and predictability. However, health transfers have been reduced. We are below the 25% and we have already been below 20%. To meet health care and social services needs in each province, it is imperative that Canadian health transfers be increased by 6%.