Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for her interest and passion in wanting to see some important relief for folks who have unfortunately been affected by ingesting thalidomide so many years ago.
Health Canada has learned from this tragedy, as we all have. Important improvements have been made to reduce the risk of this kind of terrible event from occurring again, including an overhaul of Canada's drug regulatory framework.
The new law we put in, Bill C-17, Vanessa's law, certainly has strengthened our regulatory tools to ensure that something such as the thalidomide tragedy never occurs again in our country.