Madam Minister, are you not concerned that in asking the drug companies themselves about these shortages you're getting a very one-sided view? It seems to many people, including academics and health care professionals, that somehow there is a shortage of generics, which happen to be the cheapest drugs.
I really don't understand your answer in terms of a lack of responsibility to follow through on this question and determine for the public interest why these shortages actually occur.
And could you also answer my other question, which is why hasn't the federal government done anything in terms of its commitment in 2004 for a universal drug coverage plan? We've made no progress on this. This is an issue that has gone into the decades. What is your government intending to do about a universal program?