Health committee  The total number since 2016 to March 2023 is approximately 36,000.

Health committee  As the minister indicated, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board addresses excessive prices, and their findings and actions are matters of public record. The pan-Canadian Pricing Alliance, which was originated by the provinces and territories, and in which the federal gover

Health committee  Mr. Chair, as the minister noted, the government has a contract with GSK. The investment for Sanofi is for a new site in Ontario.

Health committee  As I said, it's an interim program targeting children from low-income families.

Health committee  The Canada Revenue Agency uses tools to check people's information and enforce the law. In addition, they learned a few lessons on avoiding potential waste from the other programs set up during the pandemic.

Health committee  That's not true. The Canada Revenue Agency has a systematic verification program.

Health committee  I will ask Eric Bélair to answer this question.

Health committee  First, the government introduced interim dental benefits legislation and it was adopted in Parliament. The Canada Revenue Agency administers this benefit with tools to strengthen alignment with [Inaudible—Editor]. It uses a compliance and enforcement system to check receipts amon

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Within Health Canada, the Pest Management Regulatory Agency works closely with registrants or those seeking registration of their pesticides and has a rigorous review process in terms of ensuring the safety of those products with respect to human health an

Public Accounts committee  Certainly, I think there was broad engagement across the country with provinces, territories, communities, faith leaders and sports heroes. Everyone in Canada joined in to push the primary series of vaccinations, reaching leading levels in the G7 and the world. I think that contr

Public Accounts committee  I'll start and then turn to my public health colleagues. Through Global Affairs there has been very significant and sustained engagement throughout the pandemic, certainly in the context of donating with COVAX. As well, it's based on our bilateral engagement priorities. This inc

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I'll highlight two points. One, with regard to the regulatory efficiencies we put in place and the dedicated teams that allowed for the expedited approval while maintaining safety standards, we have put forward for consultation now an agile regulation package that tak

Public Accounts committee  The six vaccines except Sanofi were approved. All except Medicago delivered doses.

Public Accounts committee  Sanofi has not completed the package of information and has modified its vaccine strategy through its work. Medicago had challenges in terms of the manufacturing of the vaccine and did not enable us to approve its quality and therefore delivery to Canadians.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The point I was making is that Canada worked in multiple regards to support access to vaccines and their distribution and use in low- and middle-income countries, first through being a leading donor to COVAX, right from the very beginning in 2020. Additiona