Health committee  It predates my time at the organization. I don't think it predates our executive director, Glenn Campbell, but we've been working with Health Canada. In 2000 it issued a public health warning about cosmetic contact lenses, so it goes back that far, and even beyond, with regard to

Health committee  Further, in regard to some questions with regard to public education, I haven't mentioned that all three organizations at this table—the opticians, the ophthalmologists, and the optometrists—annually prepare press releases to try to warn the public, particularly at the peak time

Health committee  Thank you very much. In regard to some of the things we are currently doing or have been doing, we're working with the Canadian Pharmacists Association to try to draft up a statement. We've been in contact with individual pharmacy chains in regard to just informing them about t

Health committee  Thank you for the question. My only comment is on timing. The sooner this gets passed the better. We will be ahead of the game in getting this regulation moving forward. We can then go to the provincial level and use it as a springboard to say, “Hey, it's federally regulated now

Health committee  Good morning, and thank you, Madam Chair and health committee members. We thank you for allowing us to appear in support of Bill C-313 to classify non-corrective cosmetic contact lenses as class II medical devices. We would also like to express our appreciation to Patricia Davids