Madam Speaker, I know that pharmacare is important to the middle class and to vulnerable Canadians, but in my riding of Davenport, the number-one group that mentions it to me is seniors. It is their top issue. They say that they have to make choices between their living expenses and housing and prescription drugs.
Seniors were elated to hear that we will be putting in a national pharmacare program in this upcoming term. I have told them that we have taken some of the initial steps. We have started on the drug formulary, which they were happy to hear about, and have also created the Canadian drug agency, which will help to establish prices for the drugs that would be covered under national pharmacare.
We still have one final step, which is to negotiate with each of the provinces and territories. We have to do this because the pharmacare program would actually be delivered through our provinces and territories.