Thank you. I know I probably don't have very much time.
I first of all want to thank the committee for your work on the pharmacare study. I'm very much looking forward to the results of that. I know the interests of you and others around the table in the matter of making sure Canadians get access to care.
What I can tell you for sure is that there has been progress made in ensuring that prescription medications are more affordable and therefore accessible, and appropriately prescribed. One of the things I can point to is the bulk purchasing plan, which we joined with the provinces and territories. That is on track to save something in the order of $700 million or $800 million a year now, bringing down the prices of those drugs and therefore bringing down the cost to the public.
I look forward to giving you more information about how we're bringing down the cost of medication overall and working with provinces and territories around things like a national formulary. These are all absolutely essential steps in making sure that prescription medications are available to Canadians.