Mr. Speaker, as much as I would like to do the back-and-forth here, I am hearing from constituents in my riding who are deeply concerned about the privatization of health care. They expect health care to be based on need, not the thickness of their wallets. We saw in Alberta the scheme to let doctors jump between the public system and a pay-to-access private stream that shreds the spirit of our universal health care system and violates the Canada Health Act. This will pull doctors out of public hospitals, drive up wait times and drag us toward an American-style system.
Both the Canadian and Alberta medical associations and frontline physicians are sounding the alarm. I would like my colleague and the Liberals to tell us this: Are they going to step in, enforce the Canada Health Act and stop this dangerous push toward a two-tier health care system?