Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  Thank you. It's a very good question, Mr. Wilks. Thank you for asking it. I was researching at Health Canada when the natural health products directorate was brought into being. At that point in time, Canada was a world leader, and it remains a world leader in having a natural

Health committee  Yes, I do.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  No, I didn't. I didn't hear the French either.

Health committee  I can speak to this, if I may. Yes, I agree with Joel that they're complementary. In what I presented, I was really focusing on independent appraisal by people not involved at all in the clinical trial and people who weren't necessarily government regulators. At the same time, I

Health committee  Yes, I can. Can you hear me?

Health committee  Thank you very much for this opportunity to contribute to your study of Bill C-17 I'm going to focus today on why I think amendments to the bill are needed to address openness and transparency of clinical trials data and the decisions surrounding the approval of drugs by Health