Industry committee  Thank you for the question. During the pandemic, our medical device manufacturers, I think, went above and beyond in terms of ensuring that there was a production of ventilators, testing kits and other medical technologies required to battle the pandemic. We did not hear of any

Industry committee  Maybe I can add that when it comes to servicing products within a hospital, a number of provinces—in fact, most provinces—have in-house technical service organizations already present. Not only do they have the original equipment manufacturer for repair of those devices; they als

Industry committee  Is that for us, Mr. Vis?

Industry committee  Yes. As you know, health care in this country is a provincial responsibility. There is funding from both the provinces and the federal government. I would imagine that right-to-repair legislation would probably land in the purview of the provinces. What we're requesting is that

Industry committee  Maybe I could just expand on my answer, then. Medical technologies and medical devices, as I said, are federally regulated. If we're looking for specific carve-outs, then I guess that would be our recommendation.

Industry committee  Let me start, and then I'll ask my colleague to weigh in. As you're probably aware, medical devices in Canada are classified according to category and level of invasiveness. There are a number of medical devices that do not require any sort of repair or maintenance, and that wou

Industry committee  Yes, we will be putting forward an amendment with respect to that.

Industry committee  I will ask my colleague to comment on that.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the INDU committee. On behalf of Medtech Canada, we're grateful to have the opportunity to participate in the committee’s review of Bill C-244. My name is Raj Malik. I am the vice-president of federal affairs for Medtech Canada. Joining me tod