Mr. Speaker, I appreciate being recognized again.
It is a great honour for me to work with the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River on the HESA committee. Given his medical and legal background, I find him quite beneficial to me for my understanding of a lot of health care issues.
One of the things we heard a lot about at committee is the impact of this framework legislation on private health insurance. There was a lot of fearmongering on the Conservatives' part that somehow it would disappear.
Could the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River comment and give us his views on what impact this bill would have on private health insurance?