This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.
Rona Ambrose Conservative
This bill has received Royal Assent and is now law.
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Food and Drugs Act regarding therapeutic products in order to improve safety by introducing measures to, among other things,
(a) strengthen safety oversight of therapeutic products throughout their life cycle;
(b) improve reporting by certain health care institutions of serious adverse drug reactions and medical device incidents that involve therapeutic products; and
(c) promote greater confidence in the oversight of therapeutic products by increasing transparency.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
(Bill C–17. On the Order: Government Orders:)
May 27—Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Health of Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act—Minister of Health
Protecting Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa's Law)Government Orders
Oshawa Ontario
Conservative
Colin Carrie ConservativeParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, following the comments of the opposition House leader, I hope that we can get unanimous consent for the following:
I move:
That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of this House, Bill C-17, An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, be deemed to have been read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Health.
Some hon. members
Agreed.
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Some hon. members
Agreed.
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time and referred to a committee)
Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order, I would like to say that we are glad that the government finally got its act together after six months and finally asked the question. Of course, our response was, as it has been for six months, yes, let us move it to committee.
The Deputy Speaker Joe Comartin
To the leader in the House for the official opposition, does this have the effect of you withdrawing your point of order from earlier this afternoon?
Peter Julian NDP Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, thank you for asking. No, it does not. As I mentioned earlier, it is the issue of the precedents around not asking us the question and then pretending that the government needs to bring in time allocation. That is seriously a matter of parliamentary rights and privileges.
As you know, Mr. Speaker, the New Democrats stand firmly behind our democracy and our democratic rights and privileges that all Canadians enjoy.