Good afternoon, Speaker. It’s an honour to rise today to speak to Bill 60. I’ll be sharing my time with the outstanding MPP Trevor Jones from Chatham-Kent–Leamington.

I’d like to congratulate the Minister of Health and her parliamentary assistants—one is sitting to my left, Robin Martin from Eglinton–Lawrence—for their hard work and thoughtfulness, and bringing forward innovative solutions which challenge—this is important, challenge—the status quo in our health system. That’s why we’re debating it this afternoon.

Seven years ago, February 16, I became the MPP for Whitby–Oshawa.

Interjections.

My question is to the MPP for Whitby.

We’ve heard a lot in the discussion about this bill, as well as the previous discussion about the opposition bill, about privatizing health care.

I’d like the MPP, please, to tell us what this government is doing to protect Ontarians from extra billing.