Mr. Speaker, that is not at all what we did. We understand that no Canadian should be forced to decide between medicine and food.
With the budget we tabled yesterday, we are laying the foundation for a national pharmacare program. We are creating the Canadian drug agency. With the provinces and territories, the agency will negotiate drug prices for all Canadians, and this will reduce costs by as much as $3 billon a year.
We are also investing $500 million to create a national strategy for high-cost drugs used to treat rare diseases. We are helping Canadians.