I am going to go on to my next question, because of the shortage of time we have, but perhaps the minister then would agree that not honouring the Kelowna accord is going to have a detrimental impact on the number of stakeholders and aboriginal communities that worked so diligently across the country to ensure that they would receive the health care services they required.
My next question is in regard to a concern that many Canadians have about our country becoming America's drugstore. In June of last year, it was this standing committee actually that passed a motion and unanimously agreed that the government ban the exports of prescription drugs that were intended really for the use of Canadians. This was endorsed by Parliament and all members in October of last year. However, since our new minister has come into effect, I don't think there has been any action on this file.
Could the minister please comment on that, and tell this committee and Canadians what he is doing to protect Canadians, to ensure that our country has a proper supply of drugs and does not become the drugstore for the States?