Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have two questions, and I see the bells are ringing.
Dr. Bennett asked a question earlier on the ability of Health Canada to communicate with physicians in a rapid and effective way. The process, as I understand it, is very slow at the moment now in case of emergency. I think, Ms. Lamar, she felt that you didn't have enough time to respond or that you didn't get to respond when she was here.
Second, in the interest of time, Mr. Chair, this question is for Mr. Lee.
I've had experiences with family members who are on a fairly extensive drug regime. When there are new drugs added, general practitioners will say, “Okay, we'll go with a new drug.” I can tell you about one experience in which a person was on 28 pills—I don't know how many drugs—and after a near-death experience and after review, that dropped to 12 pills a day, and the person was a changed person. There was an adverse reaction to one drug with another which created severe problems.
Is there anything in this bill that will deal with that situation? Sometimes it's not just a certain drug, but it is the application of that drug in conjunction with other remedies that are being taken by the individual.
Those are my two questions, with the first one for Ms. Lamar.