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(Return tabled) Question No. 90 Hon. Carolyn Bennett: With respect to the Expert Review Panel on Medical Isotope Production: (a) what were the criteria and rationale to choose the four members of the panel; (b) who declined to sit on the panel; (c) how many times did the panel meet; (d) who did the panel consult; (e) what was the formal mandate of the panel; (f) did the panel have the technical expertise alone to be able to understand the proposals and make recommendations; (g) what is the relation of Dr. Alexander MacEwan, the Special Advisor on Medical Isotopes to the ...[+++] Minister of Health, to the panel; (h) did the panel recommend to the Minister that she implement the four recommendations of the Canadian Association of Nuclear Medicine mentioned at the November 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee on Health; (i) what was the process for the panel to consult with provinces and territories; (j) did the panel consult and meet with each public and private consortium that made a submission to better understand the strengths and weaknesses of their proposal; (k) will the government release the 22 submissions on ideas for isotope supply that were received and reviewed by the panel; (l) what was the role of the firm SECOR in the production of the expert panel report; (m) who, from SECOR, was assigned to this task; (n) what were the recommendations of the panel’s November 30th report to the government; (o) will the panel be dismantled or will it continue its advising role to the government following its November 30th report; and (p) what will be the outcome of the panel and the government’s next steps including, but not limited to, recommendations to proceed with projects, funding recommendations, or another phase of evaluations?

The expert group is composed of Member States' representatives, as well as representatives of patients’ organisations, European associations of producers of products or service providers, European professional associations or scientific societies and individual experts.

If such organisations do not comply with the terms of the memoranda of understanding, the Commission may suspend, partially or in full, the future use of their respective product codes, having considered the sufficient supply of the concerned type of products in the Member States including a transitional period and having consulted the Member State experts through the Competent Authorities on Substances of Human Origin Expert Group.

2. Member States shall transmit to the Agency the names of national experts with proven experience in the evaluation of medicinal products who would be available to serve on working parties or scientific advisory groups of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products or the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use, together with an indication of their qualifications and specific areas of expertise.

A number of reflexions arise concerning the medium-term outlook : - energy savings : if the current trend of relatively low oil prices continues, Commission experts do not expect the Community to achieve its objectives for 1995 - energy efficiency may increase only by 15 % and not by 20 % as hoped ; - the transport sector alone may have a decisive impact on future oil requirements ; - trends in electricity generation : although present capacity is sufficient for short-term needs, the construction of new power stations must be decided upon now in order to meet the demand for electricity in the mid-1990s ; - solid fuels : European coal ...[+++]will be subjected to increasing pressure from cheaper imported coal ; - Community oil production : following the current peaks in production, a downward trend is to be expected ; the trend in oil prices will have a decisive impact on the future of oil exploration and production in the Community ; - the situation in the Middle East still gives cause for concern - the position of OPEC : if crude oil prices stay within the US$ 20 to 25 range (1986 values), Commission experts estimate that OPEC's share of world oil requirements in 1985 could be between 22 million and 26 million barrels a day, compared with some 17 million barrels in 1985.

Taxes on income on capital, as well as taxes on capital themselves, are brought up consistently by tax experts and productivity experts as being factors that are affecting productivity by reducing levels of investment.