Madam Speaker, the two bills are similar in that they have the same principle. However since that last bill we have talked with people like the Canadian Medical Association and some of the groups who found some problems with some of the clauses in this bill. As a result, we have dealt with some of the issues, as I said in my speech, that the CMA had found difficulty with, especially with regard to things like what you use as drug paraphernalia and the difference between drug paraphernalia and what is an essential part of some of our preventive programs for HIV. For instance a needle is now considered to be accepted and will therefore not be included in drug paraphernalia but would be accepted as a prevention. Those kinds of things are now eliminated from the old bill.
Another thing that has been eliminated is the fact that physicians are not going to be considered to be traffickers if they are using a drug which they have been designated as being allowed to use if they are using it appropriately. Some of these things have been clarified in the bill. Therefore, some changes have been made in the bill to satisfy old questions that have been asked in the past.