Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank the witnesses for being here today to provide us with more information on these contact lenses, which serve more a cosmetic function than a corrective one.
I'd like to thank Mrs. Patricia Davidson. I know that she has previously sat on the Standing Committee on Health and that this issue is dear to her. I have nothing but support for her initiative. As I've already said in the House, I support her bill.
As a doctor, I'm well aware of the consequences that using these contact lenses can have. Even then, some corrective contact lenses caused problems, despite all the precautions we were able to take. I know that things have improved over time. I think that non-corrective contact lenses could really become a public health problem, given the generations that use them a lot now, as you mentioned.
The following question is of concern to me. We sounded the alarm on this matter a few years ago now. So how is that the government has done nothing so far and we're around this table today, discussing this problem, when the United States did so long before we did?