As stated in our brief, we feel that for any plan—and we focused particularly on a pharmacare plan—to be successful, strong federal leadership would be required to engage the provinces and set the standards. We wish that all the provisions of the Canada Health Act and the Medical Care Act would be continued, which would mean there would be portability, accessibility, and basically equitable access to resources across the country.
It's very difficult if you're dealing with individual provinces to actually ensure that occurs; so, from our perspective, again, strong federal leadership to set the rules of the game and to set the stage for how programs would move ahead will be required. I do realize these will be enacted by the provinces, but given the kind of country we have and our federalist system, I think it is the role of the federal government to take the lead on this.