Health committee  On the accountability question, obviously accountability flows through the deputy ministers to ministers. Ministers agreed originally, in fact supported CDR and agreed to a “no means no” recommendation. I would disagree with Louise about many drugs for which no recommendations ar

Health committee  I think the point was that members of the committees bring their own biases and professional knowledge to the table and the discussions. In fact, for the provinces, it's an area of our concern with respect to decisions that are contradictory. Cancer was one in relation to CEDAC r

Health committee  Yes, the differences are.

Health committee  There are a lot of consistencies in the acceptance of the “no” recommendations.

Health committee  I haven't studied that. I don't know if anybody else can speak to that.

Health committee  And I'm in a similar position.

Health committee  We just have a few more minutes, Mr. Chairman.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Our thanks to the committee for the opportunity to present our perspective on the common drug review. Linda and I will be speaking from a prepared text, following which we will provide a number of recommendations that are contained in the text