Environment committee  Thank you for the question. First, to clarify, not 100% of the Pest Management Regulatory Agency's activities are funded through cost recovery. Right now it is about 15% of the total, and the rest is funded through appropriations of the government. We continue to do the best wit

Environment committee  The answer to the question, very briefly, is yes. There will be a built-in escalator.

Environment committee  They have not been updated. They are not indexed, so they have remained stagnant, and that is obviously one of the issues.

Environment committee  Thank you very much for the question. In essence, there are a number of fee lines for different activities. They would be broken down based on what the party is looking for, whether it's the introduction of a new pesticide, a change in it, and so on. There is a range of fees, a

Environment committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I have to say I'm not used to being on this side of the table. I'm used to the end.

Environment committee  This is a little unusual, but bear with me. Thank you for this invitation. I'm really happy to be here today to tell you what we're doing in response to the commissioner's report on pesticides. I have just a few brief remarks given the report, its tone. I wanted to share with

Health committee  Thank you for the member's question. It is absolutely correct that, increasingly, Canadians are turning to alternatives like traditional Chinese medicine. There are a number of steps the department is taking. First and foremost among them is that, under the leadership of the min

Health committee  With respect to prescription drugs, we are working to make sure that the information that's contained, both for physicians and for consumers, is significantly easier to read. So we're introducing a series of steps. By means of these, the prescribers can make sure they have the in