Health committee  One thing I should have added earlier is that while I am not able to share now, work is under way with the companies that we have been working with and are importing from to make public the information that is being asked for in very short order on the public-facing Health Canada

Health committee  I have nothing to add to what we look at, but I can address your question around official languages. When we are looking at a shortage situation, our number one priority is to make sure that critical safety information gets to all the people of Canada in the language of their c

Health committee  That is accurate in that we were prioritizing supply to hospitals and we were able to secure supply from two jurisdictions. Unfortunately, I'm not able to share the exact quantities, but what I can say around fair and equitable distribution is that you've heard a lot this morning

Health committee  Thank you again for the question. We work quite closely with market authorization holders. I'm sure you can appreciate that when we have confidential business information in our possession, we needed to treat it as such. Quantities have been established, but because of confident

Health committee  It's the information of those companies that are importing.

Health committee  As I was saying, we are talking here about two different importations. One importation has arrived in Canada.

Health committee  That's right.

Health committee  We expect to receive the Australian product this month. I don't have an exact date, but it's in the next couple of weeks. I can also say that to expedite the transport here to Canada, we are using air freight to get it here as quickly as possible.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question, Chair. Maybe I can take this opportunity just to let the member know that I did misspeak earlier. In 2020, the number would have been 23 inspections. Maybe I can turn to Pam on the number of site licence-holders. That is who would fall within the sc

Public Accounts committee  There are two parts to that question. In terms of a standardized set of regulations, what I would use as the comparator—which is almost a gold standard in the drug world—are the good manufacturing practices we have. There is a large community of countries in the world that follo

Public Accounts committee  I can take that question. Just to clarify, when we do inspections, they are focused on entities that conduct an activity for which you need a Health Canada licence. Right now, inspection programs—the one being piloted for natural health products but also more mature inspection p

Public Accounts committee  Maybe I can take that one. I would like to say, to use the member's terms and to support what the Auditor General said, that we do find those concerning. It is not at all unusual to make observations during any kind of inspection. In fact, in the vast majority of inspections,

Public Accounts committee  I will get the exact number for the committee. We have numbers of actual suspensions but also intentions to suspend. I would want to give accurate information so we can commit to get that for you.

Public Accounts committee  Again, I can give you the number of inspections. In terms of licence suspensions, I will commit to get that information quite quickly after the meeting. In 2020, we had not yet launched our pilot, but we did do what would be a “precursor” or a mini inspection program, if you lik

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Pam. I would agree with the member, in that in our world, it is often much easier to identify and assess the immediate risk. Medium-term and longer-term are more in-depth processes. However, in what you see in our management response action plan, I think there is a