Mr. Speaker, the federal budget does not include a recurring increase in health transfers for the next five years: not a penny for health for five years.
However, it contains $3 billion to create Canada-wide standards for long-term care homes. I wonder how many thousands of nurses we could hire with $3 billion. The federal government prefers using that money to produce reports and create more bureaucracy. Why will they not use the money to provide health care for people?