Hon. Lowell Murray: Honourable senators, last week, during the first ministers' conference on health, the Prime Minister undertook on behalf of the federal government that, as of April 1, 2004, the amount of the federal health care transfer would be separated from the block funding mechanism known as the Canada Health and Social Transfer and that a separate and distinct transfer would be created.
L'honorable Lowell Murray: Honorables sénateurs, la semaine dernière, à la conférence des premiers ministres sur la santé, le premier ministre a pris un engagement au nom du gouvernement fédéral. À compter du 1avril 2004, le transfert fédéral au titre de la santé sera dissocié du financement global appelé Transfert canadien en matière de santé et de programmes sociaux, et deviendra un transfert distinct.