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HESA Committee Report

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Over-the-Counter Paediatric Medication

That, due to nationwide shortages of over-the-counter paediatric medication, the committee report to the House its support for the Government of Canada continuing to allow the importation and sale of foreign language labelled products of the same drug formulation to address the shortage, as is already allowed under the Food and Drug Regulations; and, to ensure that patients and caregivers understand what medication they are consuming, work must also be done in partnership with providers to add information to the label in both official languages.

A copy of the relevant Minutes of Proceedings (Meeting No. 34) is tabled.