Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague, and I agree with her comments. In fact, the minister and the Conservatives have been talking tonight about the fact that they did not know. My colleague made the argument eloquently, as did my leader, about the Canada Health Act and its role and the responsibilities of the government under it. Even if the minister and the Conservatives did not agree with us, in their role as inspectors of the safety of drug manufacturing, they ought to have known much sooner. They ought to have been able to give notice.
We know there has been a problem with drug shortages for two years now. There have been problems at the Sandoz Canada plant since at least July 2009. That the government had no idea makes us very seriously concerned about the competence of the government and what is going on over there.