Mr. Speaker, the Minister in her answer said that she is going to listen to committee’s concerns and I can advise being on that committee that there are many concerns and the Minister will be getting a summary of our concerns shortly, I believe. She said that she is willing to work on it. That is positive, but I really wonder whether or not when she hears committee’s concerns, she is actually going to act on it. She also said that this is going to apply to the vast majority of people. My concern is for that minority who are going to become medically bankrupt. The Minister is ignoring that possibility. It is not a lot of people, but it is some people. Do we want to marginalize those people and put them into bankruptcy? I don’t think so.
The Minister advised us yesterday and today that Cabinet has considered all possible options in
terms of preparing this proposal for changes to the Supplementary Health Benefits Program. I would like to know whether or not or where are the results of that analysis. There should be a sheet that has pros and cons that compares one option to a second option to a third option to a fourth option which leads to a considered decision. I would like to ask the Minister where the results of the analysis that was done by the department and/or Cabinet and will she share those results with Members. Thank you.