Health committee  It's an interesting question, and I'm not sure. I'm a scientist, so I'm trying to imagine how you'd graph those two things. But certainly you're right. The creation of new antibiotics is a very difficult enterprise, there's no question. The World Health Organization, the Canadi

Health committee  I'm quite sure I never said ceftiofur was given to adult birds. It is used in a widespread basis on eggs that don't show any particular sign of being ill. So it is used in a widespread way. It is a drug important for human use, so I don't understand how the chicken farmers can ha

Health committee  I'll be brief. Just to point out the obvious, the implication of my industry colleague's comments is that the situation is terribly complicated but that largely it's working. I would just point out ways in which it's clearly not working. The first is simple transparency. If none

Health committee  Before I answer that, if I could just go back to Monsieur Malo's questions a little bit and just point out that, in terms of concrete evidence linking declines in bacterial resistance in humans and better policy, you don't have to look any further than a study last year from Queb

Health committee  If I could comment on your question about what statute is required or regulations are required, in the wake of the CBC report, we're doing a more thorough analysis of this. BPA in baby bottles, phthalates in kids' toys, flame retardants in consumer electronics—obviously non-food

Health committee  I was very interested in Dr. Prescott's comment citing the 2002 report that states responsibility for this is all over the map. I would agree. You have, for instance, this strange situation where CIPARS is publishing information, ringing an alarm bell essentially, and pointing t

Health committee  Thank you. About 20 animals are slaughtered each year, per Canadian. So to the extent that the government focuses on overuse of antibiotics in people, efforts to curb superbugs are doomed to failure. Just to wrap up, frankly, I think the question before this committee is simpl

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will be speaking in English, but I will be happy to answer any questions in French. Thank you not only for inviting me but for taking the time to study this important issue. My name is Rick Smith. I'm the executive director of Environmental Defence. I