Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Certainly most people find it kind of boring if they're not involved. But if, for example, someone from the committee would like to be an observer to see how it works, I would have no issue with that. Dr. Raizenne.

Health committee  It's close. Infoway had a process; IBM is the contractor. B.C. was the lead province, working with the other provinces. We're very much involved. We're looking at what is the best way to move it forward at this point, as B.C. moves away from that, and we're doing some work now wi

Health committee  What you're describing is what will always be a certain amount of local variability in terms of the application of principles. Having been a local medical officer, taking over a health unit where steelworkers who had no sick-leave plan would be put off work until they were clea

Health committee  The biggest challenge--it always will be, as Dr. Bennett was referring to--is that in every jurisdiction their laws, their privacy issues, are a bit different. It takes a lot of work to get the formal agreements. It doesn't stop us from doing the necessary work, but getting forma

Health committee  Again, Panorama is something used primarily by provinces and territories. It's a case management tool, but it also has surveillance components so we can access the data.

Health committee  We have an information-sharing agreement with all provinces and territories, related to information sharing and public health emergencies. We have one specifically with Ontario. We were using that as a model for other jurisdictions. Other jurisdictions have different consideratio

Health committee  It's clear in the FIORP that once it's a human health issue, it's public health. If it's confined to a local jurisdiction, then they'll be responsible for that, and we will provide support if they need it. If it crosses jurisdictions or is international in scope, then the agency

Health committee  Well, I think there are political--

Health committee  It happens at multiple levels. Part of it is the clarity around the pieces. In general terms, as it relates to the human health impacts of food, it's Health Canada, in terms of the guidelines, standards, etc., working very closely. CFIA manages the farm to the store, or the distr

Health committee  In addition to that, when you think of it as a system, local public health often does that and then we facilitate the sharing of translation so that others can make use of that. Toronto has made very extensive efforts at translating key documents for the public, etc. I think one

Health committee  The FIORP, clearly, is to make clear the relationships and the actions that are taking place, and who does what and how we do it, and to make sure there's a clear and easy flow of communications, etc. It's now been approved at the deputy minister level, both on the agriculture an

Health committee  I'll tell you why. Having been a local medical officer who does those translations, or has those translations done, we were constantly having to retranslate the stuff that came from the federal government or from the province because--

Health committee  No, but we would.... It's not from a scientific standpoint. It's because the local community would say, “But that's not how we speak the language.” We'd use the local community to translate it in a form that is the way they speak. Again, French communities in Kapuskasing use th

Health committee  Protocols and...yes, it's really about how we do our business and who does what.