Health committee  I say that we need to get that report and take it very seriously and see whether there are any underlying issues that we need to address. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. I was unaware of that report, and we will most certainly follow it up very closely.

Health committee  Absolutely. We have a variety of mechanisms to work with the provinces and certainly directly with the public health network. I co-chair the council of that. This is a topic of great concern. In fact, we have a special meeting with all the chief medical officers of health on Frid

Health committee  Yes, we are well resourced to do that. We work with the provinces and territories; this is that joint capacity that exists. Over the last few years, the provinces and territories have also built their own capacity. We now have three different public health agencies across the c

Health committee  We're not blaming the investigator. The actions are based on evidence. Our evidence doesn't support that study's findings. Our evidence suggests that infant mortality rates are still good. We have a number of children's programs—CAPC, Aboriginal Head Start—that are targeted to

Health committee  I'd be delighted to add to that. I think the drug take-back day is very positive. I would worry a little bit that by having it focused by the police this would be seen as a little bit punitive by folks. We've been working with some of the drugstores, as I mentioned earlier—Shop

Health committee  At one of the round tables the minister mentioned, which I was at, and the president of the Canadian Medical Association and several other physicians were at, there were some pain control specialists present. They are very keen to change and produce better guidance for doctors wh

Health committee  My understanding is that there are methodological issues with the OECD study and that our methodology wasn't the same as theirs. Looking at the methodology we've been using, the rates have not done that. We're working hard to figure out what was wrong in terms of the OECD, but p

Health committee  I'll answer that. Our diabetes program—and we're well aware of what you said, that diabetes is increasing—is trying to move upstream and trying to move away from.... We originally were looking at treating diabetics and assisting with that guidance, which we've done. We're starti

Health committee  We've addressed that. We're continuing to work with the Auditor General. We discussed this issue with him just last week, and we're making it much more targeted. We put it under the rubric of our integrated chronic disease strategy, so it makes sense, it's connected, and has its

Health committee  We're almost done. We've met almost all of them.

Health committee  As I say, a lot of our programs are targeted to those. Risk factors are extremely important, and determinants of health are important. I believe Health Canada has a targeted aboriginal diabetes strategy.

Health committee  We're well prepared.

Health committee  I'd be delighted to answer that question. This is very much in the media these days. I did five interviews on that yesterday alone. We are very well prepared for that. We have equipped laboratories across the country to detect this. That's coming out of our national laboratory,

Health committee  I don't think that's consistent with the surveillance information we're collecting. Are you talking about maternal deaths?

Health committee  Absolutely. I'd love to see that information, please.