How did Health Canada consult with stakeholders on these new regulations?
Following extensive collaboration with experts in the field, federal and provincial governments and interested stakeholders on the content of proposed regulations, national safety standards were published in June 2003 by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). To meet the requirement for public consultation in the development of national standards, the CSA posted each of the draft standards on its website for a 60-day comment period, in addition to distributing copies to individuals/organizations that expressed an interest. As they were drafted through a consensus-development process, the national standards had met the requirements of the Standards Council of Canada, having provided multiple opportunities for Canadians to express their points of view and/or concerns about these standards. Health Canada then began to draft federal regulations around these standards to make portions of them mandatory by law under the Food and Drugs Act. Comments from transplant experts and the public w
