Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable KELVIN KENNETH OGILVIE
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Issue No. 11
Sixteenth and seventeenth meetings on:
Study on prescription pharmaceuticals in Canada
INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Budget 2014-15 — Increasing incidence of obesity in Canada)
THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Special Study Budget 2014-15 — Prescription pharmaceuticals in Canada)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Assembly of First Nations:
Stan Beardy, Regional Chief, Ontario.
National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation:
Carol Hopkins, Executive Director.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Health Canada:
Dr. Supriya Sharma, Acting Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Products and Food Branch;
Robin Chiponski, Director General, Health Products and Food Branch Inspectorate.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research:
Dr. Jane Aubin, Executive Vice-President, Chief Scientific Officer;
Dr. Robert Peterson, Executive Director, Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network.
Public Health Agency of Canada:
Dr. Theresa Tam, Branch Head, Health Security Infrastructure Canada.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Kelvin Kenneth Ogilvie, Chair
The Honourable Art Eggleton, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
*Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), Chaput, Cordy, *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Enverga , Munson, Nancy Ruth, Segal, Seidman, Seth, Stewart Olsen
* Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)