Mr. Speaker, the member speaks of hoping for a decision and I must point out to her that what she is hoping for, we are hoping for even more, but it is our impression that our hopes are often in vain.
Is the minister aware that the administrative slowness of her department has resulted in a mere 2,500 patients being able to benefit from this drug, whereas if 3TC obtained commercial authorization from Health Canada all of the people living with AIDS, four times that figure, could have access to it?