Industry committee  Yes, with the exception that if we're going to expedite the approval of vaccines, we need to also ensure that post-market testing is done to ensure at least short-term safety.

Industry committee  First of all, let me point out that back in the early days of the pandemic, Parliament passed Bill C-13, which allowed compulsory licensing for a period of time. However, that expired at the end of September 2020. Compulsory licensing, in essence, means that the government can

Industry committee  I'm sorry. I don't have enough details to say whether or not it would fit the bill.

Industry committee  Let me refer you to recommendations from the United States, from what used to be called the Institute of Medicine; now it's the National Academy of Medicine. It came up with recommendations with regard to constructing political practice guidelines. These are sets of recommendatio

Industry committee  Thanks very much for the question. I think there is a capacity in Canada to build a publicly owned manufacturing facility. As people have pointed out, there are multiple different technologies to make vaccines. I don't think we can invest in all of them. That's why I think we al

Industry committee  I don't think it was just the Conservative government that is to blame for this. When the Chrétien government came into power, I think in 1993, it did not engage in any investment. The government seemed to ignore the recommendations of the Naylor report, which was commissioned in

Industry committee  There are a number of problems with the vaccine task force. As Professor Attaran pointed out, the names of the people were kept secret. The conflicts of interest were kept secret. The advice they've given to the government has been kept secret. There aren't any minutes of the mee

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, and thanks to the committee for inviting me to speak. My name is Joel Lexchin. I'm an emergency physician in downtown Toronto. I've been one for the past 39 years, and I taught health policy for 15 years at York University. A lot of the points