Relative to pharmacare, I guess a myth that's come out through the discussion today is that our current plans are doing a good job.
First, it is clear that private insurance plans aren't covering what people need, that they aren't covering enough, and we don't get good value for our money from them. Second is the the myth that having these multitudes of public plans covers the people who should be covered. It's clear those plans are not covering the people who may need coverage the most, and they're not covering people in a comprehensive way.
The only way to address that is to have a comprehensive program that does cover everyone. That would benefit all Canadians, because as Angus Reid has shown, it isn't just low-income people who need some drug coverage, but that everyone who would benefit. Similar to medicare, it's a system that we all pay into, so that we can use it when we need to use it.
That's probably the biggest myth, that our system right now is working. The second myth is about cost, which has also been debated and discussed here today, that it's too costly to implement. It has been shown that it's too costly not to implement and that the cost savings would be significant.