Natural Resources committee  For cancer, we have provided regulatory approval for patients and doctors in the provinces and territories to use those through our clinical trial applications.

Natural Resources committee  My understanding is that there is not an issue, there's not a shortage of supply of sodium fluoride. We'll go back and check and I can confirm with the committee. This is a practice of medicine. It depends on the patient, it depends on the facility, whether they have access to PE

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, maybe I can use this opportunity to let you know what we've been doing in the health community since 2007. We have been working with the provinces and territories and the medical community to make sure triaging guidelines are in place, because as you may appreciate, i

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair, there's consensus in the medical community that Tc-99m is the best there is, and there is no single alternative isotope to Tc-99m. For cardiac, we have all been working on this issue since December 2007 in the medical community and with the provinces and territories.

Natural Resources committee  Thank you, Serge. The chart on page 3 shows four key messages that I'll leave with you. The overall message is that nuclear medicine is one of many imaging technologies used in medicine. It is used in addition to X-rays, CT scans, MRIs, and ultrasounds. The largest use of nuc

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I can answer that right now. I don't remember ever discussing listeriosis with Maple Leaf Foods.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I think I'll have to look at my notes and get back to you.

Health committee  Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. To speak to the $12.5 million, when these regulations came into force in 2004, there was no stable source of funding associated with the regulations. What has happened with these supplementary estimates is that we now have a program of natura

Health committee  Mr. Chair, if I may respond to the question, no, these regulations were not in response to the Chicago incident. These regulations, as we've stated, started in the mid-nineties in terms of consultations. They basically formalized and made mandatory current practices in the trans

Health committee  No, the general standards weren't included, but there was reference to the standards at the CSA, because that's the current government practice in terms of incorporation by reference. So you don't include the standard in the regulations, but you point to the CSA standard in the r

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Before I begin, I want to thank the committee for providing me and our officials the opportunity to answer your questions about Heath Canada's Safety of Human Cells, Tissues and Organs for Transplantation Regulations. I'm responsible for the Health Produc

Health committee  I don't know if that means the health care professionals who might be reporting it. I'm not sure. I think that's what they mean.

Health committee  Madam Chair, I'd like to just clarify that regarding the timelines for this, as we've talked about, this committee had a report. We've had a blueprint for renewal. We've had consultations over the last few years that have led us to the point we're at now, which is that this gover

Health committee  The plan is the discussion paper that's on our website. We've talked today about the actual--

Health committee  We would hope so.