Health committee  So that leads to your next question—

Health committee  I wanted to also clarify that you could think about the pCODR as the cancer CADTH. I believe that CADTH is a fantastic first start. If we're going to encourage additional innovation, we are going to be met with additional challenges. It's my opinion, although I don't work for CADTH, that additional support will be necessary.

Health committee  This is a very challenging question to answer. In health care we have a set of differences of opinion about what is enough. There is the perhaps strictly clinical opinion, based on the physician. There is the perhaps strictly patient perspective, in terms of “here's what I want”, and there is the strictly “I'm the payer” opinion.

Health committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for this opportunity to share with you my observations about the evaluation of innovation in Canada. l'm going to describe a few of my own experiences, and emphasize three main points. I want to make it clear that my views are my own.