Look, the issue—the 100-pound gorilla or whatever the expression is—for Canada and the pharmaceutical industry is the perception that we don't respect intellectual property rights. You could dance around it a million ways, but if you start with compulsory licensing, especially a state-of-the-art vaccine, you're only going to reinforce those concerns that people already have about Canada. I think it would be a problem. I really do.
On April 23rd, 2021. See this statement in context.