Finance committee  Thank you very much. We need a model with the federal government demanding accountability—I totally agree with that—for the money that is spent, as long as it's spent on health care and not used to do other things, such as reducing taxes. For example, I live in the province of Q

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Staples. Thank you for your question—

Finance committee  Thank you. You are completely right in saying that the federal government failed in its responsibilities, so to speak, in the 1980s. It did indeed try to reduce its budget deficit on the backs of Canadians, which was obviously a very bad thing. We were completely opposed to that

Finance committee  Could I add a point on that?

Finance committee  The idea that we would have a balkanized system with every province running about doing its own thing, I obviously don't agree with. There are things that have to be coordinated nationally. For example, my colleague mentioned pharmacare. Well, with a universal public pharmacare p