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Health committee Mr. Chair, we thought we had 10 minutes each.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Oh, good.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Great. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good morning, everyone. Let me say it is a great pleasure to be back in the parliamentary precinct. I must say I am amazed at the transformation of the Wellington Building. It's a very impressive building. It didn't exist in its present fo
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee The legislation has similarities with tobacco regulation. Keep in mind that my colleague Mark Ware and I are here to talk about the task force report and explain why we made the recommendations we did. Government chose in C-45 and C-46 to accept some but not all of our recommenda
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee You want to prevent diversion out of your legal, regulated regime into the illicit market. There are many aspects of preventing diversion from the regulated market to the illicit one. However, one of the best ways to do it is through seed-to-sale tracking. This is something that
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee I think there might be others here who might offer views, because it depends on how you approach the training. For example, we've heard from our friend from the Canadian Pharmacists Association that, in fact, they would argue very strenuously for training in terms of the medicina
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Parliamentary oversight.... It would seem to me that probably, at the end of the day, you as parliamentarians in this committee can choose to bring before you anyone and any minister, based on my experience, and demand answers and call for oversight. If your question is more in
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee I have not thought, which is quite obvious, a lot about that, but as I say, I am generally one of those who believe that you're elected to do a certain job and oversight by elected officials is important.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee You heard what I said.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee They were products that were readily available when we discussed legalization in states like Colorado and Washington. As someone earlier mentioned, it's a growth area in the cannabis marketplace. Obviously, if you're concerned about public health, you want to move people away fro
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee I think you've answered your own question.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Perhaps one of my colleagues wants to add something.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Yes.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee You've already heard from me on edibles.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan
Health committee Let me say that it is my understanding that the government is going to move on edibles.
September 11th, 2017Committee meeting
Anne McLellan