Health committee  I think it was the latter. Dr. Pressnail was saying it looked as though it might get passed. It looked as though he was just crossing his fingers, waiting.

Health committee  I'll answer that. We're luckily in a situation where we could have afforded to.... We were going to pay for it, but It hadn't been approved yet, so it was a holdup—

Health committee  It was to do with accessibility. Dr. Pressnail just said it had been taking a really long time but that he had his fingers crossed. So I think it was like the waiting game.

Health committee  Okay. I'm just wondering.... It is a family friend to whom we referred; he had access to the drug almost 10 years ago. Granted, it was a study, but it was effective for him.

Health committee  Okay.

Health committee  We will next address the issue of bureaucracy and lack of transparency. Although my sister and I are both university educated, as a teacher and a business professional, we found the present amount of bureaucracy and the jargon and vernacular of forms and applications often real

Health committee  Sunday, May 13, 2007, yesterday, marked the first Mother's Day we've spent without the presence of our mother, Gloria Calvert. Mom died last summer on July 25, 2006. Several months later, I received a letter, dated October 26, from our member of Parliament, Patrick Brown, infor