Status of Women committee  My sense would be definitely that it's what we use to create the imperative for the kinds of programs that we're promoting, the kinds of programs that we're designing. So the first thing is that statistics at least raised the flag about the actual incidence of this problem, the a

Status of Women committee  Yes, I will, and I will also invite my colleague Josette to respond. The further benefit of this is simply a ripple effect. When you teach behaviour that should be emulated across sectors and settings, and when you embed that within a care professional group, you begin to show a

Status of Women committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. I am pleased to be joined by my colleague Josette Roussel. Both of us bring to you a clinical background in gerontology. It is indeed a subject dear to our hearts. On behalf of Canada's 250,000 nurses, thank you for th

Health committee  Thank you so much for raising such an important issue, and I want to thank the federal government for its work with the commission on mental health. My day-to-day job is at Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences, in Whitby, Ontario, so it's a subject that's very dear to

Health committee  Thank you very much. That's a good question. One of the things that CNA has been talking about is an accountability framework. We'd be glad to send more information to the committee. First of all, I want to thank the federal government for the leadership it has influenced in

Health committee  Thank you very much for the question. I am so sorry that I can't respond in French.

Health committee  The most important thing is early diagnosis and treatment, first of all. It is having those screening programs in place where we pick up these diseases that are lifestyle-caused, or certainly exacerbated, and begin to recognize them. Second, I would say that we need programs fro

Health committee  Thank you very much. I will be brief. There are just three things I want to mention. First of all, we are certainly partnering with our other associations, and are very pleased with our recent collaboration with the CMA on transforming the health care system. There are document

Health committee  If I may just add, what a pleasure it is to hear my colleagues' responses. One example I would add is we've done it quite well with our community health centres, where it is a fully integrated interprofessional approach, including social workers, who bring their unique expertis

Health committee  Thank you for the question. You are certainly right that the number of nurse practitioners is growing across our country, and they are providing primary care services, particularly in remote and rural communities. I would say that the most important thing they do is provide comp

Health committee  My apologies. I am so sorry. I didn't have my interpretation working properly and didn't understand the question.

Health committee  Good afternoon. On behalf of Canada's 250,000 registered nurses, thank you for the opportunity to speak to the important issue of chronic disease related to aging. CNA will be sending you a brief on this subject containing key recommendations and supporting evidence, but today I

Finance committee  Long, slow, expensive transformation.... I perhaps want to come back to this notion of health system indicators. The last accord did put measures in place that addressed key waiting list targets. Those are primarily for surgical and diagnostic procedures, but they have had an

Finance committee  Thank you, a very wonderful question. I want to take myself as an example. I graduated from a nursing program in Ontario and moved almost immediately to B.C. for my first job. There weren't jobs in Ontario at the time. I have moved back and forth between two provinces over most

Finance committee  My answer is definitely yes. We are seeing influence over time, and I do thank you on behalf of nurses in Canada for the effort put into the health accord and into the upcoming discussion on the new health accord. Really, what we're saying is that now the federal government can