In various polls done over many years, people were asked to rate their top concerns. In every poll health care always came out on top. There was no overwhelming support for carbon taxes, massive infrastructure spending, new jet planes etc, it just has always been healthcare. People recognize that our system has been crumbling for decades, they also realize that as in other fields, there have been technological breakthroughs in medical procedure and in medications. All of these things make healthcare more expensive, and the provinces are in real terms falling behind in healthcare delivery. The feds have a responsibility to deliver on the funding for our healthcare, as after all it is our taxes that the government is playing with.