Mr. Speaker, I think most of us would agree with the member, to use the old expression, that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
If we are talking money we would accept what the member is saying that prevention could save us a lot of money. I am not sure if it could save billions but let us assume that he is correct on that.
I do know that the Kirby report identified a couple of areas where we have to spend money. One of them is the catastrophic drug prices. I do believe that the member is supportive of our patent law legislation that protects pharmaceutical companies on the research side. Being a free market person himself I think he understands that and supports it. Does he support the idea that Canadians should have protection against catastrophic drug prices, in other words, that they would pay no more than 3% of their income on drugs?