Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm a bit surprised by the minister's tone and openness on this issue, since we're discussing Bill C-368 because the government included these obligations in its mammoth Bill C-47. I sincerely believe that he covered it up during his discussions with the industry to try to make it possible to distinguish natural health products from products offered under the pharmaceutical model. I'm not going to pursue this because I only have six minutes, but that's the basic argument.
Forgive me, Mr. Minister, but your attitude and comments have been quite contemptuous towards committee members. If I were a member of the pharmaceutical industry, I wouldn't be too happy. You're using fairly specific arguments so that the industry looks poorly organized.
According to Health Canada, 350 natural health products have been recalled in five years. Again, according to Health Canada, 31 public health advisories have been issued as a result of these recalls. When we issue such opinions, it's because we consider the problem to be really dangerous.
What was the reaction and collaboration of the businesses concerned following those 31 public health advisories?