Finance committee  Our association has an evidence-based approach to issues of private delivery. We are pretty well on record as saying that the single-payer system works. There ought to be a social analysis here and there if you want to bring on home care social programs, and there is room for cop

Finance committee  First of all, we're not only talking about palliative care here, though that's part of the picture. We're talking about anything that involves ongoing chronic needs of relatives, whether it's children or the elderly or what not. We actually had proposed a package of supports for

Finance committee  To be fair, the 2004 accord did have a home care program--a two-week post-acute, after-hospital stay, and a bit of palliative mental health care in the community. What we don't have is a comprehensive approach to home care that deals with chronic needs, ongoing needs, frail elder

Finance committee  Yes, I'd like to. This is at the top of our list of expenditures; it is really an investment. First of all, it's going to create jobs in the information technology sector, which is a great thing. Second, it's going to make the health system more economical. It's going to reduc

Finance committee  The veterans administration in the United States did it, and they improved quality and introduced savings.

Finance committee  I would say our board agrees with the principle that Canadians have to have access to comparable services wherever they live in this country, and they'd really be reluctant to see money being transferred to Quebec to achieve a pan-Canadian objective—not a specific objective, but

Finance committee  I'm certainly not going to be advocating corporate tax increases right now. But it is a benefit to those corporations that get the tax— We don't have a number. We can look up some numbers for you. It's more than $1,000 per worker, something like $2,500 per worker. That's a lot o

Finance committee  First of all, I'd like to note that Quebec signed the 2004 accord—accepted strategies and pan-Canadian objectives, I think in a very open way, and signed the accord. But with respect to the fact that Quebec already has a pharmacare program—which has, as you note, some imperfecti

Finance committee  I'm over. Can I give a list of where I wanted...? No? It's all in our brief.

Finance committee  Thank you. CHA is the federation of provincial and territorial hospital and health organizations across Canada, representing over 900 hospitals and more than 4,700 health facilities covering acute, home, community, and long-term care. Just for people from Nova Scotia, I want to

Finance committee  Our association thinks that the simple guarantee, in and of itself, is not the answer, because it's really based on people travelling, maybe even to the United States, where costs are more expensive. I think we are making progress in Canada. The real issue will be measuring per

Finance committee  Let me just say one thing. We tend to like American-style taxes and European-style services, and I think it's important to note that if we want these services, they cost money.

Finance committee  First of all, I think my colleagues around the table know about the health system being a competitive advantage. I think it's only fair if I could say on their behalf that they do know about it. I think it's probably more of a competitive advantage to big business than to smaller

Finance committee  On behalf of the Canadian Healthcare Association, I want to say that I am pleased to be here before the committee this morning. The CHA is the federation of provincial and territorial hospital and health organizations across Canada. Our members represent the entire continuum of

Human Resources committee  I think an example of effort would be the members around our board table who run health systems in Nunavut, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. There are a number of solutions. They aren't all involving more health human resources on the scene because it's not necessarily a