Mr. Speaker, as I just said, we are very aware of our commitments under GATT and NAFTA. That is the basis of our position.
I want to make perfectly clear to the House and to Canadians that this government is not going to be blackmailed by threats. We made one simple commitment during the election campaign on Bill C-91 and that was that we would review it.
As I explained yesterday both here and to the media, that review consists of looking at the impact on prices of prescription medications and on looking, second, at the fulfilment of obligations made to the previous government with respect to investment and research and development.
If the Leader of the Opposition considers it to be inappropriate for governments to monitor performance resulting from the passage of important pieces of legislation like that, why does he not get up and say that companies no matter what kind of companies they are can do whatever they want? We believe that the best interests of Canadians need to count first. That is what the government is endeavouring to do.