The big thing we're looking for here is.... It's very clear, in the original title of this bill, that this is not universal pharmacare. Certainly, Canadians need to know that this is what this particular bill is.
The two medications it proposes to cover are contraception and medications for the treatment of diabetes and, potentially, associated devices. Even that is a bit of a stretch, given that we learned during testimony that the lists put out on Canada.ca are really—I apologize for saying it this way—not built on reality, in the sense that they can be modified, added to and subtracted from, etc.
The big thing with respect to those two lists, from my perspective, is that I'm very uncertain as to why they were even put out in the first place, because no one ever said they were examples or anything like that. They alluded to the fact that perhaps they are the formulary to come.
We also heard several glaring examples that were missing from those lists, including perhaps the most successful medication to treat diabetes ever, known as Ozempic, or semaglutide.
Given those points, I think clarity is needed for Canadians that, as I mentioned, it's for certain prescription drugs, certainly not all, and who knows what may or may not come in the future?
I shall leave it at that.