Thank you very much to both witnesses for their compelling testimony.
Dr. Lennox, I want to continue with you for the time being.
As Mr. Jeneroux pointed out, we had testimony last Tuesday from Health Canada.
First of all, in our testimony from officials last week, I didn't hear anyone say that a registry was a bad idea. I think it was more about the challenges in getting to the point of having an effective registry. Many were pointed out.
Before I get to that, David Boudreau from Health Canada described some steps that Health Canada has taken since 2017. Four main areas were described, including risk assessments, annual reports from manufacturers to discover new or increasing risks, and requiring labelling implant updates from manufacturers, including a patient decision checklist....
My question is on some of these interim measures that Health Canada has introduced since 2017. In your opinion, have they been effective? Are we in a better place than we were six years ago in terms of reporting and getting safety signals associated with breast implants?