Well, you know, sometimes the truth hurts, Chair.
Listen, what we're talking about here—and I've said this many times—is about a $13-billion industry that has proven itself to be safe. Around the world, the regulations that Canada has with respect to natural health products are touted as the best in the world.
We need to be honest here. When somebody brings forward an amendment that is going to wreck an industry, that, to me, is fodder for pointing that out to Canadians who are out there listening. I know they're listening, because first of all, they told us they're listening, and second, as I mentioned previously, we received more correspondence on the original bill than on any other piece of legislation we have undertaken in the last three years. That's a telltale sign with respect to, first, how impressed Canadians are with respect to the industry and how safe they believe it to be, and, second, their desire to have the freedom of choice to say, “This is how I want to undertake my own health maintenance and my own health promotion. This is how I want to do it.”
Sadly, Chair—and I'll continue to speak through you if that makes Mr. Julian's feelings hurt any less—realistically, Canadians, because of the last nine years of this NDP-Liberal government, do not have access to health care. Over seven million Canadians do not have access to primary health care, and the system that we have—