Madam Speaker, I was touched by your statement this week and I want to offer my condolences.
I have a question for the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government on the other side of the House. I would like to know who ultimately makes health care expenditures. Do the provinces spend the money or is it the federal government?
Is it not an indication of some kind of structural problem when the federal government holds on to money from Quebeckers and Canadians and sets conditions on that money, interfering in provincial jurisdictions?
Would it not make sense to solve this problem once and for all by transferring the money to the provinces without conditions?