What we regulate are the ex factory prices, so somebody may say, well, I pay a lot more than that in the drugstore. What happens after it leaves the factory and goes through all kinds of middlemen until finally it gets to the person who puts it in their mouth is that there are added amounts that go in there that we have absolutely no control over. The provincial drug plans, the big ones like Ontario's, for example, that have a lot of clout, will negotiate prices, which some of the smaller drug plans have difficulty negotiating. This is causing some angst out there. For example, Atlantic Canada has higher drug prices.
On March 28th, 2007. See this statement in context.