Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary spoke a great deal about the role of the federal government in all this, and he also bragged about what Health Canada is doing.
Health Canada currently has a voluntary reporting system. What we are asking for is that the system be mandatory in order to have drug producers tell us in advance if they are going to have a problem with certain drugs so that we can plan for it. It is not true to say that the federal government does not have a role to play in this.
I would like the member opposite to explain why he says that this is not the federal government's role. I do not know where he gets that idea, but imposing a mandatory system falls under our federal jurisdiction. I would like to hear what he has to say about that.