Health committee  You have given me quite a challenge, but thank you all the same. The PMPRB, the national body that monitors the price of medicine, has shown that the price of brand name drugs has decreased over the past two years whereas the cost of generics has gone up, and this is because of

Health committee  Thank you for the question. The website isn't ours anymore. We share it, coming together with the associations and others of the working group. We're very proud of our leadership role, but it is a joint effort. You can go through all the websites to get to the one. I think that

Health committee  It's to move away from sole-source procurement strategies. Find a way to have multiple sources of supply, in which you can adjust and gear up when things happen.

Health committee  I think that's it. Right now we believe that if you do sole-source contracting, you're driving away competition, you're driving away choice, and you won't be able to adjust later on, notwithstanding the great efforts we're going to do in terms of reporting.

Health committee  I think the individual buyers. As you see, HealthPRO is talking about it. I think the provinces and the federal government—

Health committee  In terms of purchasing?

Health committee  It's the marketplace that will control that. So if the private sector is buying, they will control it. If governments are buying it, they should control it.

Health committee  The government. For instance, if it's a government program—

Health committee  You're talking about purchasing here.

Health committee  We're not talking about regulation.

Health committee  If I can offer part of an answer, I think the government has done that. Through the correspondence that's been quoted on a number of occasions, I think the government has instructed the entire chain to work together and come up with a solution. I actually think the government h

Health committee  I can't answer that question. Let me get you that information. I'll supply it to the committee.

International Trade committee  Thank you very much. I would like to express my thanks for this opportunity to appear before you to discuss the landmark Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. It is a historic accord. My name is Russell Williams. I am the president of Rx&D. I am

International Trade committee  Just in conclusion, we salute the government for reaching this landmark CETA agreement in principle. Obviously, the next two years are very important as we move towards implementation. I think it has been said in front of this committee before: the devil is in the detail. We have

International Trade committee  Again the devil is in the details, but it seems that it's modelled after the European model, which has five years. Canada cut that short and said only two years.