That's right. I will continue in English, if I may.
The majority of the 5.2 million people who are receiving HIV treatment now in the developing world are on generic medications because that's what has made it affordable. That's how we've made the progress Mr. Lake was referring to.
There is nothing now that prevents the patent-holding brand-name companies from selling in those markets, and there is nothing in CAMR and nothing in Bill C-393 that prevents them from doing that. The point of having a patent is you actually have the right to sell the product. In fact, you have the exclusive right to sell the product unless someone else gets a licence, which is what CAMR is supposed to do.
This is simply about opening up the field, allowing greater competition in those markets. When the brand-name companies have had to face competition in the developing world selling their products, we've seen that that is what has brought the prices of medicines down. We need to keep that dynamic going. That's the purpose of something like le Régime canadien d'accès aux médicaments.