Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Prime Minister. When they were in opposition, Liberal members were dead set against Bill C-91, an act regarding drug patent protection. As a matter of fact, they all voted against it, except for the Minister of Finance, who was then the member for LaSalle-Émard.
The Prime Minister said recently that he would not reopen this act. However, there is considerable pressure within his party to review Bill C-91 before 1997, and to give less protection to patent drugs.
Can the Prime Minister confirm that, in spite of the intense pressure within his party, his government will not review Bill C-91 before February 1997, as planned?