I appreciate that comment, and you did mention the uninsured and the under-insured, and those are aspects of things. I do appreciate your document because I have it here.
It's interesting. I am a type 2 diabetic and to you, Mr. Thibeault, I too went through a number of aspects, and my wife as well, regarding what metformins would be there. I appreciate the comments in here where you've listed the differences and where you've indicated that, for the NIHB, basically the plan that they have is better than the plan that was proposed by the government. We got that information as well from first nations yesterday, who indicated that the avenue is there. Basically, the clinical guidelines are there, which are very appreciated too.
I see where, for example, under Quebec, the listings are either restricted—in other words they need to have permission to get them—or they're listed, and they're the most prevalent of all the provinces. In Saskatchewan...I'm on Jardiance and ultimately it indicates that it's restricted, and that's true. I need to get permission from my doctor in order to get that aspect of it.
Those are huge challenges that are there and where we don't have doctors available even to provide the ability to get that done.... The challenges we have as we move forward on that is that the plan that's being proposed basically is a very basic plan, but there's no avenue to indicate that it would change. There's no avenue to indicate—and that's what we heard from different people—that as medicines improve that list would be changed.
Do you not see that as an amendment that might be available and that we need to put into this legislation to make certain that it is complied with?