Health committee  The answer is relatively simple. To date, no company has applied to market the product in Canada. Obviously if we receive such an application, we would study very much the data, the experience in other countries, and we would try to deal with it as quickly as possible.

Health committee  I can't speculate on how long it would take. It would depend on the application. But in this case, given widespread use, given lots of data from other countries, I would expect it would go faster than normal applications.

Health committee  Again, let me offer a few comments on that. The reason that a new approach was taken and a new program was put in place is because the existing model of personal production had very significant diversion from its intended purpose. And both municipalities and law enforcement wer

Health committee  I will double-check that, because the information I received was the opposite.

Health committee  Yes, I certainly will.

Health committee  No, we had a bit larger than usual carry-forward. Every department doesn't spend its full budget every year. Last year Health Canada had a larger carry-forward than normal, and that was due largely to some change trends in the first nations and Inuit health program, where spendin

Health committee  It complements the response that was given by CFIA to the earlier question. The Health Canada role is to set standards and policies, and then CFIA implements those standards and policies. The specific funding and the enhancements for Health Canada are to work on reviewing standar

Health committee  No, there's been no change in the responsibilities between Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and CFIA, so it was not generated by that. In fact, those are responsibilities that the various departments and agencies shared prior to CFIA's coming to the portfolio.

Health committee  I can do that for Health Canada, and colleagues may wish to respond for their own elements. You'll see that there's a decrease of about $1.1 million in travel. Within Health Canada, we work very hard to try to find the best efficiencies we can. What that means is that we're usi

Health committee  Yes, and I think colleagues would want to speak to that. Jane.

Health committee  I will ask Mr. Glover to respond to that.

Health committee  Let me start, and then colleagues may wish to elaborate. As you've noted, there is now stable, predictable funding, creating a known envelope within which the provinces can do planning. In addition, the government continues to make significant investments in a number of other ar

Health committee  Krista will address that.

Health committee  Perhaps I can add a few comments on timing. AFN is in the process of finalizing its own internal views on the review. I understand they will do it over the summer, and then we would be in a position to start the process after that.

Health committee  Thank you for that. As you've noted, a big start, obviously, is Vanessa's law, which will make mandatory reporting on adverse drug reactions from hospitals and institutions. Within Health Canada we are organizing ourselves to actually have better capacity, then, to take those re