Health committee  First of all, many of the other provinces considered their alcohol distribution systems and then backed away from them, because they recognized that a lot of retroactive investment will have to be made into it. When it comes to the movement of the products, I think the pharmace

Health committee  Thank you very much. My name is David Johnston. I am president and CEO of CAPDM, which is the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management. CAPDM represents Canada's pharmacy supply chain, and counts within its membership, pharmaceutical distributors, self-distrib

Health committee  To talk to MPs? I don't believe we have spoken to MPs. As an association, we've been working through the working group. We have regular interaction with Health Canada and the people within that part of the government, certainly in the development of regulations and those elemen

Health committee  Sure. We're very much a part of the working group that everyone has spoken of here, providing our expertise and knowledge. The important thing to note is that with pharmaceutical wholesalers, we're responsible for the distribution of available product. We don't have the access to

Health committee  Well, I think it's what the working group and people are focusing in on, which is making sure that when information is available, it gets posted through the website or other means possible. We fully support the process that's in place now. As we mentioned, the working group is

Health committee  I think the accuracy is correct. But what you have is the first iteration. The industry has come together through the drug shortage working group, and in response to the minister's requests has come up with a solution on how to proactively and accurately report any shortages. Tha

Health committee  Good morning. As mentioned, I'm David Johnston, president and CEO of the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management, or CAPDM, as we are known. On behalf of CAPDM, I thank the members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health for the opportunity to out