As we move forward with whatever the order is, we currently have a large insurance industry that is underwriting a lot of the pharmaceutical costs that are not federally or provincially covered. I am thinking back again to 1963 or 1964, when we introduced the Medical Care Act and we had all kinds of hospital insurance programs that all got set down to a single-payer model. Are there any barriers that they could raise to the federal government introducing the concept of a single-payer model, which is what the Canada Health Act really does? If you think about the other principles...it's publicly administered.
On February 23rd, 2017. See this statement in context.