Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend my colleague on his election.
Earlier, the Liberal member for Egmont gave a speech that I thought was absolutely outrageous. He said that health is not just a provincial jurisdiction, even though section 92 of the Constitution says that it is. Ottawa got involved because changes in government revenues allowed it to meddle in provincial affairs. All of the provincial and territorial premiers have called for the government to increase its contribution for health to cover 35% of the cost of the system, but the Liberal government has never respected that part of the contract. Now, today, the Liberals are telling us that Ottawa has done nothing wrong and that it is the provinces' fault if they are struggling to provide people with health care.
Does my colleague think that the federal government should increase health transfers to cover 35% of the cost of the system? Does he agree that the federal government should be sending those transfers with no strings attached?