Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Industry.
Prescription drug costs comprise 17 per cent of the cost of health care. These prices have increased 13 per cent each year over the past eight years due to Bill C-91 which the Liberals opposed in opposition.
The government can save hundreds of millions of dollars yearly by doing one thing, by repealing Bill C-91 or at the very least abolishing the automatic injunction clause of the patented medicines regulation.
Why will the government not do this? Is it because pharmaceutical drug manufacturers contribute too much money to the Liberal Party?