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MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS
Meeting No. 63
Tuesday, March 19, 2002
The Standing Committee on Health met at 11:06 a.m. this day, in Room 269, West Block, the Chair, Bonnie Brown, presiding.
Members of the Committee present: André Bachand, Bonnie Brown, Jeannot Castonguay, Brenda Chamberlain, Stan Dromisky, James Lunney, Rob Merrifield, Hélène Scherrer, Judy Sgro, Bob Speller, Yolande Thibeault and Judy Wasylycia-Leis.
In attendance: From the Library of Parliament: Nancy Miller Chenier and Sonya Norris, Research Officers.
Witness: From the The Royal Society of Canada, Expert Panel on the Future of Food Biotechnology: Dr. Brian E. Ellis, Co-Chair.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), the Committee resumed its study on the Labelling of Genetically Modified Foods.
The witness made a statement and answered questions.
Judy Wasylycia-Leis moved, --That, as March 19, 2002 marks two years since the tragic death of Vanessa Young of Oakville Ontario from an adverse reaction to a prescribed drug approved by Health Canada and, as a coroner’s inquest into that death recommended on April 24, 2001 that the federal government institute a system of mandatory reporting of adverse drug reactions and, as the federal government on September 18, 2001 confirmed in Parliament that it would act to address the inadequacies of its adverse drug reaction reporting system and, as Canadians continue to suffer injury and death from adverse reactions as no significant improvement has been forthcoming, the Health Committee agree to allocate time in its schedule, before Parliament rises for the summer, to review the process for reporting adverse drug reactions and to make recommendations to improve that reporting and to ensure that prompt action is taken to guarantee the safety of Canadians.
Debate arose thereon.
Stan Dromisky moved the following amendment, --That the motion be amended by the deletion of the words “ before Parliament rises for the summer”.
Debate arose thereon.
The question was put on the amendment and it was, by a show of hands, agreed to: Yeas: 4; Nays:3.
The Committee resumed consideration of the main motion as amended.
The question was put on the main motion as amended and it was, by a show of hands agreed to: Yeas:8; Nays:0.
At 12:47 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.
Gary S. Sokolyk
Clerk of the Committee