Health committee  The challenge, when Health Canada communicated very early on that they were open to flexibilities for imports and manufacturing, etc., was making sure that we were able to channel and connect the manufacturers with Health Canada and identify which kinds of flexibilities would mak

Health committee  That is the rate of infections in children.

Health committee  I'm not a public health doctor, but what we have seen and what has been reported back to us is that things like the RSV virus were appearing earlier in the season than expected. We've also seen that the uptick in flu infections was also earlier than expected, and the impact that

Health committee  The association did not become involved until the summer, but we know that our individual manufacturer members were contacted by Health Canada in advance of that, and there were discussions going on at that point.

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Gerry Harrington and I am the senior advisor at Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada, or FHCP. FHCP represents the companies that manufacture and distribute the vast majority of essential pro