The short answer for that, I guess, is that I can give you some specifics.
As most people know, especially in the northern part of this province, a lot of people live well below the poverty range. Actually the same can be said.... As a member here knows, Saint John has some of the highest poverty rates. We're hearing stories of people having to cut their heart medication and other medications in half, into fours, because at the end of the month, it's necessary to make a choice between affording to have their medication or to have their lights on. I know that sounds really, really scary, and maybe a little bit on the fearmongering side, but the extension of these drug patents, I think, only serves to increase that.
When it comes to pharmacare, it's no secret that Canada really needs a pharmacare program. That was the vision for medicare when it was first established in this country. With these possible lawsuits that could happen, that could only serve to really quash a program that we really need here, not only in New Brunswick but in Canada.