Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  That would be new information to me. Case conferencing is a way of determining needs. We can call it needs assessment or whatever, but it's best to get the health professionals who know about the needs of the child in the room together. I've not heard that first nations are not h

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  If you wish, please do so, absolutely.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Could you be more specific?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Perhaps my colleague could tell you more about that. Do you have information on tuberculous on and off reserve? We are responsible for the population on reserve, so our statistics on tuberculosis relate to that population. The provinces are responsible for the problem of tuberc

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Hospitals are a provincial, not federal, responsibility. Right now, we are responsible for only two hospitals located in Manitoba. We work with the provinces to transfer responsibility for hospitals. Therefore, I cannot answer your question about what happened in the case of the

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the case of the two hospitals in Manitoba, yes.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  In the case of those hospitals, funds for hospitals are transferred by the Department of Finance through the Canada Health Transfer. Health Canada does not administer these funds.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I can speak about drug treatment programs developed and administered by aboriginals. These programs have had some success, but other factors do come into play, such as housing, income, unemployment and poverty. In terms of health care services, we do everything we can to see to i

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'll take a stab at both those questions. I would ask my colleague to also supplement wherever she might wish to. In terms of legislation, I think you've pointed out the benefits of legislation--more accountability, more clarity--but I would also note that legislation also can b

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Yes, the same problems exist both on and off reserve.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Okay. I think you can see on slide 16 some recent accomplishments around integration, mental wellness, and Indian residential schools that I'll be happy to answer questions on. Then our last slide gives you a sense of how we're collaborating horizontally. I'll stop there.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good morning and thank you for inviting us here today. We are very happy to be here and we will try to answer your questions to the best of our ability. I'm going to speak today about three aspects of aboriginal health. I've provided you with a powerpoint presentation that I wi

Health committee  Sure, I'd be happy to. The First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey will be out in the field in early 2008. With regard to areas related to childhood obesity, it is going to do some height and weight measurement of first nations kids and is going to be asking specific q

Health committee  Thank you. As I had indicated a few moments ago, we do realize that partnerships are required in this area. I did acknowledge that the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs is responsible for infrastructure. If you look at the actual government response to that specific reco