Documents obtained by CBC News show that the federal government has wavered on establishing a medical device registry for decades. CBC wrote:
In a letter exchange dating back to 1988, the federal department Health and Welfare Canada, Health Canada's predecessor, said it was looking into creating a national breast implants registry, but it warned “costs could be considerable.”
Can you confirm how much Health Canada estimates it would cost to establish a national breast implant registry and whether or not costs remain a central disincentive to that establishment?