Thank you.
Mr. Arango, I want to come to you. All of your testimony was very important.
I was particularly touched by your speaking about heart and stroke and the 600 Canadians who die every year because they can't afford to pay for their medication. What I hear you saying is that we can't stop with diabetes medication and contraception: We have to move as quickly as possible to cover heart disease medication and medication that prevents strokes.
I know of constituents who are paying $1,000 a month for heart medication that keeps them alive. They have to make that difficult choice every day: Do I put food on the table and keep this roof over our family's head, or do I stay alive?
What impact would it have if universal pharmacare were extended to all the medication that the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the research prescribe for people with heart and stroke issues?