Whether we are talking about farmers or small businesses, we are talking about people, Canadian people. Regardless of whether tariff reductions would help certain industries...we understand that, but what we are talking about is the effect on Canadian people.
There is nothing more concerning than access to affordable medication. There are people in my riding who are making difficult decisions between whether to keep the lights on or pay for their prescription drugs.
The TPP would cripple provincial governments. It would put the costs back onto them, and it would make it very difficult for a government to make decisions about pharmacare or any improvements to any type of pharmaceutical extension that we could do for people. The TPP would greatly limit our ability to govern in that way. I recognize that.
I would like to direct my first question to the Grandmothers Advocacy Network. You talk about the practice of evergreening. I wonder if you could explain to the committee a little more about how this would slow access to affordable medication.