We're for a filling-in-the-gaps approach to a national pharmacare plan. It depends which study you look at, but most Canadians are covered under a private plan or a provincial plan when it comes to pharmacare. We don't want to duplicate that work that's already being done. Most Canadians also seem to be relatively satisfied with the pharmacare that they have. It's very important that people who don't have access to it do get access to it, so that's why we're for a filling-in-the-gaps approach to national pharmacare.
What we hear from a number of our members—to represent the views of employers on the issue—is that they use their current private plans in terms of attracting and retaining employees, both in Canada and from abroad, and that this is an important aspect of the current system. They don't want to throw out the baby with the bathwater.