Canadian Healthcare vs. Australian healthcare

When I lived in Australia I had to visit the doctor a few times... at one point I had to get a prescription renewed. I was used to paying $120 a month for this prescription, which in Canada includes a $10 "Dispensing Fee" which is basically what the pharmacist charges to put the pills in the bottle and print the sheet off his computer. (I've gone to the dentist and received two tylenol-3 for 60 cents... plus the $10 dispensing fee... so $10.60

I picked up my prescription at the Australian pharmacy - keep in mind I was a student and had the most BASIC of healthcare. No private healthcare, simply public.

$7.

I had to stop and ask the pharmacist at the Australian pharmacy "Why $7"

He told me "Sorry Sir, we need to make a profit so we have to mark up the medication. Sorry it's so expensive."

I have no clue how the identical medication would cost 17 times the price in Canada... maybe the government interference.