Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I did want to say that I'm opposing CPC-7. That's because it's not helpful in the pharmacare bill that will make a difference in the lives of six million people with diabetes and nine million people in Canada who use contraception. It's not a helpful amendment at all.
I did want to correct the record on a number of things. I will do that very quickly.
I understand the filibuster and that Conservatives are blocking the bill. They want to talk this out. That's why the House of Commons, in its wisdom, directed us to sit until we get this done. I'm prepared to sit until we get these amendments done and we get the bill finished tonight. That's what the House of Commons decided.
The filibuster—the unnecessary verbiage—is not helpful in getting what most witnesses told us needs to happen, which is getting this bill passed. The vast majority of witnesses said that very fact.
There are two things I would like to correct. First off, the Conservatives love to play fast and loose with language. It's unfortunate, because I'm fact-based. I ran a major social enterprise before I was elected to Parliament, and you have to base things on the facts.
The first fact is that there is no coalition. There is a confidence and supply agreement.
Second, the confidence and supply agreement has only been in existence for two years. It's brought us anti-scab legislation, it's brought us the pharmacare bill, it's brought us affordable housing, and—