Minister, the question was asking you to contrast why the federal government spent triple the amount of money on H1N1 than today, and I didn't hear an answer to that, but I'm going to move to medicinal cannabis. My colleague brought this up.
From a health perspective, we know that medicinal cannabis is not zero rated. Already medicinal cannabis users have to pay GST and HST. We know that most prescription plans in this country don't cover medicinal cannabis, so already men and women who are struggling already have to pay extra money for medicinal cannabis.
Ironically, opioids are covered by most plans and are zero tax-rated exempt. Ironically, patients are incentivized to pursue a riskier option, and that's even compounded by the fact that studies are now showing that medicinal cannabis is proving very effective at helping people wean themselves off opioids. It's clearly a flawed policy to make medicinal cannabis more expensive than opioids.
I'm just wondering, at the cabinet table, Minister, would you advocate, from a health perspective, to at least treat medicinal cannabis the same as opioids.