Again, the problem is not the reporting process; the problem is the very delayed analysis of reports at Health Canada. Real-time reporting already exists. When you go to the website and fill out the adverse reaction reporting form, it's transmitted almost instantly to Health Canada. When does Health Canada get around to analyzing the collection of reports? That's the problem.
You have to understand that a single report does not tell Health Canada anything. It's just a report. The adverse event could be due to the drug, or it could be due to something else. The only way you can begin to separate a true red-flag report from the noise that's coming in from many reports is when you start to see a pattern. You have to take reports that are similar and start searching and sifting and looking for a pattern, and that is what Health Canada is not doing promptly in a timely fashion.
Having real-time reporting is already there, but it's not enough.