Does Health Canada at some point provide a more detailed, readily available, accessible commentary with regard to the drug and the general circumstance, free of charge?

That was forwarded to the minister, and this committee asked for a response on that. The subcommittee thought that might be an area the committee would be interested in taking on as a study, to see how factual the information that was provided was and, as far as policy is concerned, what is the best way to meet the needs of aboriginal children who are in the custody of social services.

Ms. Rachel Hird: I would say that one role for National Defence would be to focus on how you incorporate intelligence into your decisions, especially seeing how intelligence information can be wrong and how it can be misinterpreted, depending on the policy views the people hearing the intelligence information already have.

For quantitative data by scheme and detailed benefits, the data to be transmitted, with reference to aggregated classification, and the arrangements for data provision and dissemination, are laid down in point 1 of Annex I. For qualitative information by scheme and detailed benefits, the subjects covered, and the arrangements for data provision, updating of qualitative information and dissemination, are laid down in point 2 of Annex I.

(15) It is necessary to lay down the manner in which interested parties should be given notice of the information which the authorities require; interested parties should have ample opportunity to present all relevant evidence and to defend their interests; it is also necessary to set out the rules and procedures to be followed during the investigation, in particular the rules whereby interested parties are to make themselves known, present their views and submit information within specified time limits, if such views and information are to be taken into account; whilst respecting commercial confidentiality, it is necessary to allow i ...[+++]nterested parties access to all information pertaining to the investigation which is relevant to the presentation of their case; it is necessary to provide that, where parties do not cooperate satisfactorily, other information may be used to establish findings and that such information may be less favourable to the parties than if they had cooperated.

Between mid-April to mid-May, departmental officials consulted with various stakeholders and refined the information on facilities and infrastructures found in the business-case analysis.