Queensway-Carleton Hospital

Mr. John R. Baird (Nepean-Carleton): I have been getting literally hundreds of petitions every week which read as follows:

"To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:

"Whereas the Queensway Carleton Hospital is one of the most efficient hospitals in the country;

"Whereas the Queensway Carleton Hospital's priority should be providing excellent patient care and not money for Paul Martin's Liberal government;

"Whereas the number of senior citizens served by the Queensway Carleton Hospital is growing rapidly in the west end of Ottawa and Nepean;

"Whereas the federal liberal government led by Paul Martin has a surplus potentially as high as $10 billion;

"Whereas all provincial political parties in Ontario have acknowledged the significant fiscal imbalance;

"We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as follows:

"The Ontario Legislature calls upon the federal liberal government to immediately cancel its plans to dramatically increase the rent for the land now being used by the Queensway Carleton Hospital and that the hospital be charged on $1 rent per year."

I am pleased to support and sign this petition...