Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Health.
When she was in Winnipeg, the minister told a group of seniors that the government intends to amend the legislation on drug patents, the old Bill C-91, this in spite of the commitment made on numerous occasions by her colleague, the Minister of Industry, not to review this legislation before 1997.
Are we to understand that the minister has already made up her mind and that she intends to propose a reduction of the exclusivity period for patents when the legislation is reviewed, which should normally happen in 1997?