—in 1987, so 30 years ago—at that time I remember distinctly it was the Mulroney government that stated that their policy was that they were going to extend the patent protection to drug companies, and two things would happen. One was that we would attract research and development to Canada. Two, with the set-up of this board we would protect Canadians from excessive pricing. Yet here we are 30 years later and by all accounts R and D is actually less today than it was. We're actually below that original 10% goal and, of course, we're paying the third-highest prices in the world.
Would you agree with me that the policy of granting drug manufacturers extended patent protection has clearly, after 30 years of data, not resulted in more R and D in this country and lower prices for Canadians?