Thank you.
Minister, on November 28, 2022, with less than one week left in a 60-day consultation process conducted by the PMPRB regarding their draft guidelines that would help lower the price of patented medicines in Canada, you wrote a letter to the acting chair asking her to halt the process. In a March 21 Globe and Mail article, you told reporters that you had no choice but to ask for this because the PMPRB did not consult with you about the guidelines, as required by law.
Minister, former PMPRB member Matthew Herder stated that the PMPRB made “repeated attempts using multiple channels” to speak with you and your office about the proposed guidelines, but all were “met with silence” whenever they were followed up on. Is that correct?