Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I am very pleased to present a petition on behalf of 553 residents of Hull—Aylmer. It asks the Government of Canada to introduce a bill to protect us from massive purchases of Canadian medications, to prevent those medications from leaving our country, and to avoid potential shortages, or interruptions in supply.
This petition was started by a veteran in my constituency, Jocelyn Démétré. His wife suffers from a serious illness and needs the supply of medications to be uninterrupted. They are concerned. There is some unrest in the United States and some Americans have said that they should perhaps come to buy their medications in Canada. That is why they are proposing this petition.
Mr. Chair, while I have your attention, I would like to emphasize something. Yesterday, the hon. member for Carleton presented a petition on which I worked with him. Very honourably, he apologized for presenting a petition when I was the one who had it certified. I am grateful to the hon. member for having pointed out my interest in that petition.