Mr. Speaker, with all due respect for the parliamentary secretary, the Patent Act is a federal act. Quality control for drugs is governed by federal legislation. It is as though she were saying that because we want to control the quality of manufacturing and investments in this industry, we want to take over a provincial responsibility. As far as I know, the provinces have never had this responsibility.
In the House of Commons on March 12th, 2012. See this statement in context.