Human Resources committee  Many of our members don't work in an area where there is a large pediatric centre. There are only 16 across the country. I'll use the example of our president, Andrew Lynk, who is a community pediatrician in Cape Breton. When he first sees a family in this situation, he probabl

Human Resources committee  That's exactly why we would welcome the opportunity to work on the definition of what would include gravely ill, to really make sure we consider all of the situations. Certainly, there's no question that cancer means that a child is, unfortunately, gravely ill, but there are a nu

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, I'm in the same boat, being from a health care organization.

Human Resources committee  I agree with Denise. It's a great change from what's available now, and it's a good start. I think it will be very important to monitor the program to see for how long parents are accessing it and how many parents may not receive support for the full length of their child's illne

Human Resources committee  Certainly from speaking to our members—and I'm sorry I don't have one here today. It's a very busy time for pediatricians because there are lots of respiratory illnesses going around and pediatricians don't like to take office time away, as important as they feel this is. They de

Human Resources committee  Thank you for inviting the Canadian Paediatric Society to present to you today. I'm Marie Adèle Davis, the executive director. I'm pleased to address you on behalf of more than 3,000 pediatric specialists and subspecialists who are our members from across Canada. CPS members re

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Perhaps I can add, it's not only the negative effects, but there is an opportunity cost. Kids are incredibly resilient, which is wonderful. But the sooner they get into a normal situation with their family, and they have access to recreation, the sooner they can get back on that

Health committee  There are voluntary measures in some parts of the industry to get phthalates out of children's toys, for example. But our overall approach--and this bill doesn't change this approach--is discretionary. We give the authority to the minister to act, but there's almost nothing to re

Health committee  Could I ask for clarification on exactly which amendment you would be proposing?

Health committee  I'm not an expert, but I'd be happy to put you in touch with an expert. What is interesting is that we are giving a prize at our upcoming annual conference for what was considered the most useful article in our peer-reviewed journal, Paediatrics & Child Health , last year. It

Health committee  Yes, I think we should do everything we can to protect our youngest Canadians.

Health committee  We have been. As opposed to me, we've been sending our actual experts in injury prevention, people who work in pediatric emergency departments and actually have to treat children who are injured because of these products and, in some cases, inform parents that their child has pas

Health committee  One of the things we would do, for example, because we know physicians are very well listened to, especially by new parents, is to work collaboratively with the College of Family Physicians of Canada on something called the Rourke Baby Record. It actually prompts people who are p

Health committee  Just by way of correction, when I talk about surveillance, I am talking about surveillance in the children and youth, looking at actual health effects rather than the product. The Canadian Paediatric Society is not an expert in products; we're experts in child and youth health ca

Health committee  Pam mentioned the case of baby walkers, which the Wal-Marts, the Zellers, and the Bay banned, but for which there was a whole sub-market, if you will, on the corner of the street, through garage sales and so on. Having legislation that will lead to more information being in the m