Mr. Speaker, another major disappointment is the issue of health and health transfers, which was largely overlooked in this budget. The government boasts about having invested in hospital infrastructure.
This week, I met with health care representatives after the budget was tabled. They told me that it is good to build hospitals, but if the government does not transfer the necessary funding to pay for health care staff, to pay for research and to approve drugs, this is just a broken promise.
What does my colleague have to say to these health care representatives? It is great to focus on hospitals, but they also need to be staffed and taken care of.