I'm sorry; it's a two-drug bill. Thank you.
You see, he is listening, so that's good. Thank you, Mr. Julian, for that.
He's taking notes because he's going to filibuster the rest of the remaining minutes. Trust me. I'd be surprised if he didn't. He's laughing down the way.
Mr. Chair, it's been hard sitting here for me and my colleagues, listening to him going on for... It would be four hours at this point right now, and no doubt he'll go on for four hours and more after I'm done.
Mr. Chair, all Conservatives wanted to do with the 43 amendments that we worked tirelessly on in good faith, along with the witnesses who were unable to come to this committee and were not allowed to be heard, was to put forth amendments that would make this legislation better and truly represent the intent of this piece of legislation.
We heard testimony from constituents, all along the way, talking about the concerns that they have. We heard testimony from insurers, who have some very real concerns as to what's going to happen with the existing plans and coverage that so many Canadians have. What will be covered in this pharmacare?
We heard, during Mr. Julian's filibuster earlier, that this is just phase one and that phase two is coming—“Just wait, the cheque's in the mail”—so Canadians will have to wait yet a bit longer for that. It remains to be seen what that will be: Perhaps at that time it will be those drugs for cardiac patients, or maybe a rare disease strategy or access to those medications that so many Canadians are unable to receive or afford and for which they have to go to other jurisdictions to get coverage and treatment.
I mentioned earlier that we have three physicians on this committee, whom I deeply respect in terms of their points of view—well, we heard some from Mr. Hanley; Dr. Powlowski is not speaking up tonight. I appreciate his voice of reason, at times. Today he's, sadly, a little quiet.
Mr. Chair, I see that it is about five minutes after eight or thereabouts. I will cede the floor to my colleague from the NDP. I don't know whether I saw his hand come up or not.
Mr. Julian would like to filibuster the remaining 27 minutes. He's not making eye contact with me, but I know that he's probably cooking something up right now with his coalition partners, so with that, I'll cede the floor.