My second question deals with the report “Pharmacare Costing in Canada”. In there, the statement was made that a national pharmacare program would result in a negative impact on the ability of pharmacists to serve patients. When I asked the author of the report what that was about, he explained that in other jurisdictions where the public systems don't pay pharmacists as well as the private systems, pharmacists hold their services back.
I have to ask you this question as the leader of your association. If we move to a national pharmacare program, does that really mean you'd be directing pharmacists across Canada to withhold their services, rather than negotiating with the government and coming to a fair and honest price payment for their services?