Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Certainly, in that particular time, we know that the member was not directing his comments through the chair. I'll leave it at that.
That being said, the point about the Prime Minister talking about contraception is the testimony that we heard. In the testimony that we heard, we didn't....
The NDP member talked about heart drugs. We heard no testimony about heart drugs, not one bit. We heard a lot of testimony about contraception. There was the—I can't remember her title—physician from The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada. Certainly she was not here to talk about heart drugs. I didn't hear her talk about that. We had the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. We had the Canadian Diabetes Association here. Nobody talked about heart drugs. For that member down there of the NDP-Liberal costly coalition to go on and talk about heart drugs....
Again, this is about being transparent. It's about saying to Canadians what this bill is about. This bill is not about heart drugs. This is a little teeny-tiny four-page pamphlet to spend $2 billion on things. Yes, they're important. Contraception is important. So are diabetes medications and products. Those things are important. There's no doubt about it.
However, when that member goes on and talks about the testimony that we heard in this committee, I'll again go back just to underscore for one second, Mr. Chair, that we heard very little testimony that it is important that Canadians understand, and that is the rationale for this first amendment: to say that this is about contraception or the treatment of diabetes, and to support..., etc.
That being said—all those things being taken into consideration—this is an incredibly important amendment on behalf of Canadians.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.