Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  That is a very intelligent question to pose. Unfortunately, it cannot be accurately answered, given the state of surveillance for disease. Currently a number of countries--by no means only Canada, but Canada included--do not have adequate methods to carry out surveillance and rec

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  The ratio of disease caused by different standards is not something that is accurately measured right now, and that's unfortunate. But your question is a very good one, and if we had an answer to it, that would be very good.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  On the international health regulations, I'll defer to Dr. Wilson to answer that part. With respect to the investigation conducted by Ms. Weatherill, as we wrote in the CMHA--I and the other editors--the missing pieces are that the investigator is not necessarily going to be at

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Your point is well taken. I suggest that you look at the Inquiries Act, which has previously been used as the legal basis for inquiries on, for instance, tainted blood and other crises. Frequently these inquiries that take place under the Inquiries Act are headed by a judge or a

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Let me finish my answer without any interruption.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  If I may finish my answer--

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  May I finish my answer?

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I am announcing for the fourth time, may I finish my answer? May I, Mr. Chair?

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  He said he would.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  The standard of using a judge in an inquiry is one that has been the practice of governments of all parties, the Mulroney inquiry, for instance, being one. It is an honourable practice. It has the backing of law in the Inquiries Act and it's what should be done here. It is not n

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Have you or have you not listened to my testimony? I saw that you were speaking during my presentation, and I was quite critical of the 100 bacteria per gram standard that is applied to ready-to-eat meat in Canada relative to similar standards in other countries. I repeated that

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I'm not aware of which government brought it in, but I am aware that it is the policy under your government presently.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I'm sorry, I didn't understand your question.

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  Together with my colleagues at the Canadian Medical Association Journal--there are seven us--I co-authored this piece. It is the editorial team. We did write that the investigation was lacking relative to what has been done for other epidemics in Canada, such as the tainted blood

Subcommittee on Food Safety committee  I will answer your question--