Finance committee  Bonjour. Good afternoon. As the president-elect of the Canadian Nurses Association, representing nearly 145,000 registered nurses from across the country, thank you for the opportunity to present the nursing profession's solutions for optimizing the health of our nation while im

Health committee  Thank you very much. Just very quickly to your last question, I would add the example of patient safety, which has taken on such a huge profile lately, and rightfully so. When we brought in our engineers and our mechanics to look at devices, we realized that we could shift the

Health committee  Thank you. It's a wonderful question. Certainly we see it across professions. Of course we have nurses, we have physicians, we have occupational therapists and nutritionists, all well represented today. We also need engineers, we need urban planners—the broad spectrum of professi

Health committee  I'd like to add to what's already been spoken of. Number one, we want to commend recent federal initiatives such as the infrastructure Canada program that was introduced in 2009. It allows dedicated funding for building and improving recreational facilities. That is important.

Health committee  Thank you very much. I just wanted to add to the comments already that another important factor is what happens in terms of school health nursing. Unfortunately, we're seeing a trend that school health nursing is not as prevalent as it used to be. Yet school health nurses can w

Health committee  Thank you very much, and I also thank you for your question. In our CNA brief, we speak to the scientific or research evidence that the programs you mention do make a difference. That can be demonstrated. The other thing I wanted to say is that your comments speak to the need to

Health committee  Bonjour. I am Barb Mildon, a registered nurse and president-elect of the Canadian Nurses Association. On behalf of Canada's quarter-million nurses, I wish to thank the members of this committee for the opportunity to speak. As this committee is undoubtedly aware, there is compe