I definitely do.
For instance, if we have evidence of widespread off-label use of drugs, Bill C-17 would then allow the minister to require companies to undertake additional studies so we can gain better information about whether or not that off-label prescribing is or is not appropriate.
Currently, the estimates are that 70% of all of the off-label prescribing is not backed up by good scientific data. That doesn't mean, as you pointed out, that off-label prescribing is bad for people; it just means that we don't know. We need to be able to have the requirements to get that information to decide whether this off-label prescribing is good or not.
However, another provision we need to consider is that although Health Canada collects data in its adverse drug reaction reports about whether or not the drug has been prescribed on or off label, when that information is provided to them, that is not part of the online database. People don't really know how often adverse reactions are linked to off-label prescribing. That could be quite easily corrected by giving Health Canada the resources, or requiring Health Canada to post on its public database whether or not the drug was being prescribed on or off label.