Health Committee on May 5th, 2020

Evidence of meeting #17 for Health in the 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was sector.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Briefing on the Canadian response to the outbreak of the coronavirus

MPs speaking

Robert Gordon Kitchen

Also speaking

Stephen Laskowski President, Canadian Trucking Alliance

Mathew Wilson Senior Vice-President, Policy and Government Relations, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Ron Lemaire President, Canadian Produce Marketing Association

Amanda Vyce Senior Research Officer, Canadian Union of Public Employees

Lou Black Research Director, Hospital Employees Union, Canadian Union of Public Employees

1:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marcus Powlowski

I caution Mr. Davies that his time is well up.

If you could quickly wrap up your answer, it would be appreciated.

May 5th, 2020 / 1:30 p.m.

Senior Vice-President, Policy and Government Relations, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters

Mathew Wilson

Sure. I think we can produce domestic supply, but I think a big part of the problem is figuring out the capabilities and what is needed, and by whom, across the country, and that diffusion of procurement is a really big problem in solving some of those problems, which is one of the questions asked earlier as well.

1:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marcus Powlowski

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Davies.

I'd like to thank the panel at this point for sharing your time with us this morning.

1:30 p.m.

Conservative

Terry Dowdall Conservative Simcoe—Grey, ON

Mr. Chair—

1:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marcus Powlowski

Hang on, Mr. Doherty.

I thank the panel for your time, your contributions and your great information. If you wish to leave the meeting, you're certainly welcome to do that.

Mr. Doherty, you have a point of order.

1:30 p.m.

Conservative

Terry Dowdall Conservative Simcoe—Grey, ON

Yes. Before they leave, I also want to thank each of them. Their members and their associations are really and truly our heroes during this crisis. I say thank you to them for that.

Ms. Black, you mentioned a study that was completed in the U.S. While I'm not on this panel, I think it would be beneficial to this committee to have a copy of that report.

Through you, Mr. Chair, I was just wondering if Ms. Black knows the title or can forward it to the committee so that the committee might be able to review that U.S. study on long-term care.

Thank you.

1:30 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Marcus Powlowski

Thank you, Mr. Doherty.

For all the witnesses who have offered to provide information to different members, please provide that information to the committee. The clerk will distribute it to all members.

Once again, thank you to everybody, and thank you to all of the members for being here today. It's good to see all of you.

With that, the meeting is now adjourned.