Health committee  Thank you, Chair. I'm done.

Health committee  We don't have the details, but the understanding was that the parents believed it could treat the condition the child had.

Health committee  Yes, it absolutely is. When the claims that are being made—what someone is saying that product is doing—are accurate, truthful and supported by evidence, then they're appropriate for that product. When you look at that label and you can read it and understand it; when you know wh

Health committee  Again, the information we have is the same as people have in terms of what was in the news. My understanding was they were using natural health products and natural treatments instead of—

Health committee  —antibiotics, because the child ended up having bacterial meningitis. That's what—

Health committee  The point there, I think, was in relation to another comment from people thinking that a natural health product might be used for something that it's not—

Health committee  No. I was just giving context, so the other context—

Health committee  Respectfully, Chair, the idea is that we did a survey. Products are making claims again cancer. They're not allowed to make treatment claims against cancer—

Health committee  —and if somebody believes that claim and takes that medication for cancer instead of treatment—

Health committee  —then that could have serious consequences. For a child who has meningitis and the parents believe—

Health committee  I'm just trying to finish my sentence, Chair.

Health committee  Respectfully, Chair, I'm a pediatrician. That's how I was trained. I was trained to look after children. I don't think there's anything more tragic than the loss of a child, and I don't think any parent should have to live through that. I'm sure that these parents very much loved

Health committee  On the two reports, one was the CSED's, the OAG audit. There was a consumer protection organization that raised the issue around cancer claims. They looked at the ones that the consumer protection organization had raised: 88% of those made advertising claims that were false or mi

Health committee  That was on the label. That's not advertising claims. That's on labelling overall, having the ingredients, etc., on that.

Health committee  Currently what's happening is that all of the costs are borne by taxpayer dollars for the entire framework. If we're looking at the incremental increases from the cost recovery revenues, if we spread those costs across all Canadians—not just Canadians using products—if 100% of