Health System Restructuring
October 28, 2008, afternoon session

Mr. MacDonald: The hon. President of the Treasury Board is a fiscal hawk with a broken right wing. My first question is to the hon. President of the Treasury Board. When did the minister of health ask the President of the Treasury Board for additional money? The government is said to be running a deficit in this current fiscal year of $800 million in the department of health.

Mr. Snelgrove: Sorry. It's hard getting up on one wing, Mr. Speaker, but I'll do my best. I find it's far better flying with a broken right wing than in a little tight circle with only a left wing.