Mr. Speaker, I wonder if the hon. member would agree with me that this ideological attempt by the Conservative Party to simply throw all the responsibility onto the provinces and then to blame a particular company for a particular problem is in fact a complete evasion and abdication of responsibility on the part of the federal government?
Whatever the Prime Minister may like to think, the Government of Canada has a major responsibility and role in the health care system. It is a regulator. It is speaking to something which has been deemed by Canadians to be a key aspect of Canadian citizenship. It is also a large provider of health care to veterans and to aboriginal people. It can no longer abdicate this responsibility.
In that regard, I wonder if the member would not agree with me that this particular federal government has completely failed in its responsibility with respect to the safe supply of drugs?