Health Committee on April 20th, 2010

Evidence of meeting #10 for Health in the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was social.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Elevated Rates of Tuberculosis Infection in the First Nations and Inuit Communities

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Shelagh Jane Woods Director General, Primary Health Care and Public Health Directorate, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Department of Health

Angus Toulouse Regional Chief, Assembly of First Nations

Gail Turner Chair, National Committee on Health, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, and Director of Health Services, Department of Health and Social Development, Government of Nunatsiavut

Joseph Dantouze Northlands Denesuline First Nation

Richard Long Professor, University of Alberta, and Director of the Tuberculosis Program, Evaluation and Research Unit, First Nations and Inuit Health, and Immediate Past Medical Officer of Health for Tuberculosis, Province of Alberta

Kimberley Barker Public Health Advisor, Assembly of First Nations

RoseMarie Ramsingh Executive Director, Community Medicine, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Department of Health

Earl Hershfield Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Former Director of Tuberculosis, Province of Manitoba, As an Individual

Pamela Orr Professor, Department of Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Community Health Science, University of Manitoba, As an Individual

Brian Graham Chair of the Chronic Disease Policy, Chief Executive Officer of the Lung Association of Saskatchewan, Canadian Lung Association

James Chauvin Policy Director, Canadian Public Health Association

Elaine Randell Communicable Disease Consultant, Department of Health and Social Services, Government of Nunavut, Canadian Public Health Association

Janet Hatcher Roberts Executive Director, Canadian Society for International Health

Anne Fanning Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta

Clerk of the Committee Ms. Christine Holke David

11 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Oh, okay, sure. We have RSVPs.

April 20th, 2010 / 11 a.m.

The Clerk of the Committee Ms. Christine Holke David

Basically, for Thursday's meeting on CHVI, I received responses from Dr. Butler-Jones and Dr. Plummer saying they will be in attendance. I also received responses from the offices of Minister Toews, Minister Aglukkaq, and Minister Clement, and they have declined the invitation. I have not received any response from Dr. Jo Kennelly.

11 a.m.

Liberal

Carolyn Bennett Liberal St. Paul's, ON

Madam Chair, I think we should put the ministers on notice that if they do not come on Thursday and do not comply with the motion of this committee, we will have to report back to the House that they've refused to appear before a parliamentary committee. I would like to ask the consent of this committee to subpoena Jo Kennelly.

11 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Joy Smith

Okay, I am now going to dismiss, because time is up and other people are coming in.

The meeting is adjourned.