Mr. Speaker, the minister is right. There were no surprises. The minister once again supported the pharmaceutical drug lobby.
Today representatives of the generic drug industry and seniors do not agree with what the minister just said. They in fact called for the resignation of the Minister of Industry this morning because in their words “he is nothing but a servant of foreign owned multinational drug companies”.
Will the minister do the right thing and allow competition by the generic industry as in any other industry, or will he do as seniors and the industry demand and resign?