If dangerous, toxic toys are let on the market, Canadian law can get them off the market and out of harm's way. The same applies to dangerous tools, clothing, and food. But the same does not apply to prescription drugs. Health Canada can only 'negotiate' with the manufacturers, a process that can take months, even years. All this depends on the power of the lobby that the industry is willing to mount against common sense – but, then, whoever said this system is about common sense! John Ayers.
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