As I talked about earlier, I think one of the best things we can do is to use our health impact assessment tool, which we've suggested. Actually, Canada is a leader in having developed this tool, and the Public Health Agency of Canada would actually be very well placed to be the holder of such a health impact assessment tool. I think if we actually use such a tool, we would go a long way towards addressing the social determinants of health. I think we've had a lost opportunity to do that in many aspects. It has been done to some degree provincially. Quebec, actually, as you probably know, uses that tool, and certain provinces use it in more specific areas of their policy, but not in a mandated way such as Quebec.
On November 20th, 2012. See this statement in context.