Mr. Chair, I'd like to split my time with Mr. Lunney.
I have a question regarding the birth control pills that made headlines recently, both Alesse and Diane-35. Do you feel that the legislation and the definitions within the current proposed legislation go far enough to enable Health Canada to recall products like Alesse or Diane-35?
The issue with Diane-35 was that it was off-label use and people were taking it for far too long. With Alesse the issue was that there were really ineffective medications in the pack, so basically placebos. People thought they were taking a prophylactic and there was no use in taking it and some unwanted pregnancies ensued.
Do you feel this legislation would allow you to circumvent that type of problem or to act speedily should something like that happen again?