Yes. It's no problem.
Heart disease and stroke cost billions of dollars annually. We know through a variety of studies that improving access to those drugs has significant economic impacts for Canadians. We are very keen to see an increase in the expansion of these drugs in pharmacare in the future.
We know that it can't happen overnight, and we do appreciate this initial investment as a first step. However, the reality is that covering all essential drugs in Canada would actually only cost $3.5 billion a year.
That's achievable, I think, one day. Having a comprehensive formulary would be a bit more expensive, but I think it's one step at a time. We're taking the right steps in the right direction with this initial investment. Then eventually, hopefully one day we can have a formulary that covers all essential medicines. As I said, $3.5 billion a year is affordable.