February 7, 1975 (30th Parliament, 1st Session)

Mr. Leonel Beaudoin (Richmond):

Mr. Speaker, I rise under the provisions of Standing Order 43 to seek permission to move a motion of urgent and pressing necessity.
Since the spiralling increase in health care costs has become an alarming problem that was even on the agenda of the latest health ministers' conference, and since this situation comes mostly from the very high cost of drugs, an area where flagrant abuses have caused great hardship to all the people, I move, seconded by the hon. member for Bellechasse (Mr. Lambert):
That the House of Commons may discuss now the very high cost of drugs and the immediate measures to be taken in order to reduce those costs for the benefit of all, including the government in his health programs.