Mr. Chairman, it's been an interesting afternoon listening to question period earlier when the Minister was answering questions. Unfortunately, it's not called answer period, it's called question period, and we weren't necessarily getting any answers when Members were asking about the co-payment. He's been talking today about the need to hear back from the committee, in terms of what we think. He talks about having put a discussion paper in front of the committee, which in fact he has. But he hasn't ever said that the Standing Committee on Social Programs, more than four months ago, gave him a very clear recommendation. Mr. Chairman, I'd like to read that recommendation to you that we gave to the Minister. "The Standing Committee on Social Programs recommends the Department of Health and Social Services examines the medical travel co-payment program with a view to ending the program...

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...to ensure that residents are not penalized because medical procedures are not available in their home communities."