Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague, the NDP health critic. I know that she is working very hard on the health portfolio.
In the United States, as in New Zealand and Europe, everyone chose the mandatory system over the voluntary system. Here, we deplore the fact that the government gives companies the option to report drug shortages or not. In fact, the poll indicated the effects quite well. Human lives have even been lost.
The United States may have withdrawn the fines, but they were there initially. The approach is mandatory, not voluntary.