Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There’s a lot of difference between Rio Tinto or BHP and the public health system. Our system is demand driven. People put the highest priority on their health and social services. On a daily basis, whether it’s Friday night, Saturday morning, midnight, I get calls from Members and the general public asking us to do something more for health and social services or extra services they would like. You cannot compare a health care system to a private corporation who needs to check the bottom line all the time. We have finance people in our authorities and our department. Cabinet keeps a close eye on our health care expenditures, because every government in Canada is concerned with making sure we find and spend our health dollars wisely.
Sandy Lee on Question 12-16(5): Management Of Health Care Program Funding
In the Legislative Assembly on March 1st, 2010. See this statement in context.
Question 12-16(5): Management Of Health Care Program Funding
Oral Questions
February 28th, 2010
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