Thank you for that.
It's really hard to speak about it because it's challenging, but one story I will share because it's poignant. A senior citizen mentioned that they're halving their medications: “The choice was rent or the cost of the medication that I'm taking, so I'll just take half the dosage, and that way I can stretch that prescription twice as long.” I think we all know that's not how medicine works. You need to take the dosage that you're prescribed for it to have the effect that it's supposed to have.
For people who are in that position, this is an extremely difficult environment. If you're deciding to halve your medication, that means you are in a very difficult position financially. I think that to stay alive people across our country are making extremely difficult decisions, decisions that they shouldn't have to make in the country of Canada. With our bounty, with the blessings that we have in our environment and the ability to grow more food, it shouldn't be existing that way, but it is.