I think people are sort of dancing around using the term that you're going to have to raise taxes to pay for the $9 billion. There's a transition that's important to consider, and this is one of the reasons I would say the PBO is very, very optimistic. They do reference that in the paper. They assume that between December 31 at midnight and January 1 at midnight and one second, you'd magically cut the cost of all prescription drugs in Canada by 25%. That will not happen. There will be a transition there. You will have to raise taxes and you'll have to find a way to defend it.
On October 19th, 2017. See this statement in context.