Supply  The Reform Party is proposing a return to user fees. One very noted Canadian health care economist said that this is like a zombie, not to be resurrected again. User fees deter necessary care just as much as frivolous care. Reformers are showing signs that they have not even read the literature. I am proud to be a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, which in 1919 conceived the idea for a national medicare plan.

Criminal Code  They are children who are literally stolen from our schools and off the streets. If they ever get out of the cycle of prostitution they are like walking zombies. They have no self-worth left. They are usually addicted to drugs and alcohol. They have no life ahead of them. Their lives are destroyed; their families' lives are destroyed. However, when we deal with sentencing in the law most of these guys get off with three to six months in jail.

Social Security System  As the great Quebec poet Félix Leclerc said 20 years ago, when people are paid to do nothing, they become zombies. The jobs that are available today require highly skilled workers. Or people can start up their own small business. Our unemployment insurance program is woefully inadequate when it comes to helping people acquire the necessary skills or start up a business.