Thanks very much, Chair.
Certainly, we've talked a fair bit about difficulties with natural health products. This is a very serious topic that has come up many times. We heard from Dr. Sharma previously, when the original omnibus bill was presented. She talked, quite frankly, very much out of order with respect to the death of a young child in Alberta, which, realistically, had nothing to do with natural health products. All of this talk about numbers and outcomes has cast a very negative light on natural health products in Canada. Obviously, that is a very serious allegation. Once again, we've heard some egregious allegations from the minister, which he was not able to substantiate. Even today, sadly, we've heard from witness after witness who wants to tell us that this data exists. However, for some reason, they hesitate to provide it.
Therefore, Chair, I think this is important enough to move a motion related to this particular set of data: that the health committee provide a list of the 700 incidents of adverse reactions, the date of the incident, the product involved and the outcome. This must be provided to the Standing Committee on Health within 30 days.
