Mr. Chair, there is no question, we respect the recommendations that were made. We will abide by them. We will implement them. In fact, I have directed my department to consult with her on an ongoing basis as it implements the recommendations.
I am simply telling the hon. member what the difficulties have been. If the hon. member is talking about the drugs that are purchased and used by the Department of National Defence, it can do bulk purchases because it is delivering to a population that is controlled by it within its pharmacies.
It may be difficult, if not impossible, to do the same with 750,000 first nations people across the country with 1,000 pharmacies and with medical practitioners unless we get into the business of actually providing pharmacies ourselves across the country.