Health committee  Again, those moneys go to Canada Health Infoway, which is an independent organization funded by the federal government.

Health committee  We do. Their goal is to have 50% of Canadians with an electronic health record by 2010. I believe it's 100% by 2016. The budget this year also included funds to work on electronic medical records, which are specific, then, to physicians' offices instead of being patient specifi

Health committee  The total investment is now $2.1 billion, I believe, to Canada Health Infoway.

Health committee  Yes. Canada Health Infoway publishes annual reports and periodic reports. They believe they're on target for meeting those targets of 50% coverage by 2010.

Health committee  I know when the minister was with the committee on the supplementary estimates there was some discussion, and as I recall, there were no reductions to any of the programs that were specific to first nations and Inuit people with respect to tobacco or any of their addiction strate

Health committee  Thanks for the question. We have regular meetings with our provincial and territorial colleagues and we work at the federal level on those issues that the provinces agree warrant a national and a federal presence. One of the issues that have been undertaken in collaboration wit

Health committee  Certainly we collect, as others do, information about wait times. Part of the focus on wait times has helped to elaborate these different sorts of process parts in the different steps between somebody thinking they have a serious problem that needs to be addressed by a specialist

Health committee  I'm pretty sure that's the goal.

Health committee  I'm not certain which Auditor General report you're referring to. I know there was one that looked at two of our regulatory programs, and indeed the department did report on progress with respect to those regulatory programs on a regular basis. As this committee was looking at th

Health committee  I would, if you don't mind.

Health committee  Concerning the provinces' ability to set their priorities, no matter which area of the health accords you look at, the provinces have set different priorities. If you look at wait times, the provinces have chosen very different wait times and guarantees to emphasize. One of the i

Health committee  And regional reporting as well.

Health committee  What kind of table?

Health committee  The reason for comparable indicators is so that you can, if all of the provinces report, have consistency in what they're reporting. The Auditor General has noted this in the past. One of the challenges is to become consistent in health reporting in each jurisdiction. That's been

Health committee  Those are good questions. Why aren't the data disaggregated? As I just said, it's clear in the accord that it's an agreement between first ministers. Each province will report to its residents, so it's not up to the federal government to report to Quebeckers or Ontarians on the s