Hon. Flordeliz (Gigi) Osler: Thank you, Senator Gold, for your speech. My question relates to the health care system issues that were previously identified and that you touched on in your speech. In fact, today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal published online, Canadian health care leaders noted “. . . inadequate funding to allow for service ‘coordination,’ ‘consistency in services,’ and equitable access to care . . .” for both MAID and palliative end-of-life care.

In the spirit of cooperative federalism, does the federal government have a plan — and not leaving it entirely to the provinces and territories — in the next three years to address the health care system problems that have been identified?