Mr. Speaker, every single year, the Quebec government allocates roughly 43% of its total budget to health care. If 43% is spent on health care, that means the other 57% of its entire budget has to cover all of its other government responsibilities, including education, the fight against poverty, housing construction, infrastructure, municipalities, support for businesses and so on. Members can see what I mean.
I wonder if the Minister of Health recalls that when the medicare system was first introduced over 50 years ago, the federal government covered 50% of all costs. Today, it is estimated that it covers about 23%.
Does the minister not think that the federal government is backing away from health care funding?