Good. Thank you. I appreciate it.
I also have a question on pharmacare, Minister. As you know, this committee is studying the issue of pharmacare here in Canada, and I think it is fair to say that everyone around this table would love to see medicines more accessible and affordable. But the reality is that someone has to pick up this tab, and ultimately it's the taxpayer. I also noted, Minister, that your mandate letter says that you need to work with the provinces and territories to improve access to necessary prescription medicines. With regard to the issue of pharmacare, we can't ignore the elephant in the room: the enormous cost that is associated with expanding drug coverage here in Canada.
Without funding set aside in your main estimates, Minister, for a massive new drug coverage plan, it appears to me that the intention here is to download these costs to our provinces and territories. Would there be any increased drug coverages expensed to our provinces, and would any of these increased drug coverages be an additional expense for the federal government? If so, how much do you think we can afford, as taxpayers, from the federal level?
I'll let you answer this question.