I'm having difficulty understanding why some people have a conceptual difficulty with this.
We talked about the federal-provincial issues, the constitutional issues, and the economic issues. We have the Canada Health Act and we have medicare in this country. If you think this is a tough issue, we got that in the 1960s. Is pharmacare not just a natural measured extension of exactly the system that we have that has solved all of those problems?
The federal government makes money available to the provinces, respecting provincial jurisdiction. The provinces have access to that money as long as they agree to respect the principles set out in the Canada Health Act.