No, Mr. Speaker.
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No, Mr. Speaker.
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Mr. Speaker, as I said the first time this question came up, that is nonsense. I have never discussed any contract of any kind with Mr. Boulay. I do not play that kind of politics, and I have not played that kind of politics from the beginning.
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Mr. Speaker, I am very surprised. I would expect the member, who is a parliamentarian of great experience and a member who has defended the fundamental principles of the Canada Health Act, to understand that I will miss no occasion to defend the Canada Health Act. I will defend it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. I will certainly not stand here and listen to the Leader of the Opposition while he refuses to accept his responsibilities and delegates the pillars of his party to attack the Canada Health Act.
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Both, Mr. Speaker. We were the ones who recalled Mr. Gagliano. We never judged Mr. Gagliano. It is a matter of Canada's reputation abroad. We will leave the conclusions to Justice Gomery, as we should.
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Mr. Speaker, it is actually incumbent upon the opposition to get its facts straight. First, I was never political minister for Quebec. Second, the facts are all set out in the testimony. It says that there may have been social or political occasions where I would have seen him.
However, the issue really is the defence of the Canada Health Act. Why will the Conservatives not stand up now and defend the Canada Health Act? The most important members of their party have essentially attempted to eviscerate it. The Leader of the Opposition and his acolytes have a--
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Mr. Speaker, in the case of Mr. Gagliano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the time said that he had been recalled in order to preserve Canada's image abroad. We know very well where the image problem lay: it was the result of the events here, within Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, when these events occurred, the reasons for the dismissal of these individuals were given. Clearly, in the case of Mr. Pelletier, it was related to Myriam Bédard. The reasons were given in every instance.
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Mr. Speaker, only that leader thinks health care is a joke. Those members will not be able to shout down the millions of Canadians who want to defend the health care system. They have now called the principles of the Canada Health Act, the federal role, into account. They now say they want to privatize the health care system, and the Leader of the Opposition does not have the guts to stand up--
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Mr. Speaker, health care may be a joke to the Leader of the Opposition but it is no joke--
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Mr. Speaker, I would suggest to the hon. member that he read the full testimony and that he also read the comments of Judge Gomery when he passed a comment on what Mr. Renaud said.
Having said that, why is the hon. member refusing to address his hidden agenda on health care? Why is he refusing to stand here and deal with the issues raised by Preston Manning and by Mike Harris on his behalf? Canadians are entitled to know what the Conservative position is. Why did he send Mike Harris and Preston Manning out to do his bidding?