Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate that the member from the Liberals, Mr. van Koeverden, is trying to work with us to put this forward. I think there are some good suggestions here, specifically in clarifying some of the language around the “analgesic units” rather than “acetaminophen and ibuprofen doses” and perhaps looking at it just as the units that are brought into Canada through the “exceptional importations”.
I believe that going to monthly reporting rather than weekly kind of defeats the purpose of the transparency. Parents are panicked right now. Kids are struggling and information is a good way of combatting the fear.
I would strongly recommend to everyone in this committee to keep in mind the parents who are panicking right now, who are worried for the health and safety of their children and who want information. Waiting monthly to get this information when we've already been waiting six months for the government to do anything is not going to make parents happy.
I would suggest that weekly would be a much better way. I would propose a subamendment to change “monthly” back to “weekly”.