Evidence of meeting #7 for Health in the 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was chair.
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Liberal
Patty Hajdu Liberal Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON
I know that some of the volunteers have indeed been utilized, depending on the jurisdiction. In fact, we've shared some of the volunteers with the Canadian Red Cross. They have been actively working to help with the pandemic response.
I'll turn to Stephen Lucas, who knows more about the details of the volunteer program.
Deputy Minister, Department of Health
I will respond by indicating that, further to Minister Hajdu's comment, the volunteer inventory, with the consent of the volunteers, was provided to the Canadian Red Cross to support their recruitment in Quebec and Ontario, for example, in terms of long-term care support. We have been in active contact through the spring, and continuing with provinces and territories across the country in terms of providing them access to use and contact volunteers to support their needs.
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ron McKinnon
Thank you, Mr. Davies.
That ends our several rounds of questions. We have a number of votes on estimates to go ahead with at this point, for which we do not require the presence of the minister or the officials.
On behalf of the committee, I'd like to thank the minister and the officials for giving us so much of their time today and for sharing their expertise. I thank you for all your work on an ongoing basis.
To the committee, we have a number of votes. I don't expect they should take a long time, so I shall call the first one right now.
Shall votes 1b and 5b under the Canadian Food Inspection Agency carry?
CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY
Vote 1b—Operating expenditures, grants and contributions..........$3,822,060
Vote 5b—Capital expenditures..........$891,046
(Votes 1b and 5b agreed to on division)
Shall votes 1b and 5b under Canadian Institutes of Health Research carry?
CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH
Vote 1b—Operating expenses..........$403,571
Vote 5b—Grants..........$22,399,149
(Votes 1b and 5b agreed to on division)
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ron McKinnon
Thank you.
Shall votes 1b, 5b and 10b under Department of Health carry?
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Vote 1b—Operating expenditures..........$449,554,508
Vote 5b—Capital expenditures..........$450,000
Vote 10b—Grants and contributions ..........$287,625,000
(Votes 1b, 5b and 10b agreed to on division)
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ron McKinnon
Thank you.
Shall votes 1b, 5b and 10b under Public Health Agency of Canada carry?
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA
Vote 1b—Operating expenditures..........$9,062,941,805
Vote 5b— Capital expenditures..........$76,133,544
Vote 10b—Grants and contributions..........$112,252,997
(Votes 1b, 5b and 10b agreed to on division)
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ron McKinnon
Thank you everybody. Finally, shall I report the votes on the supplementary estimates (B) to the House?
Liberal
The Chair Liberal Ron McKinnon
Is there any dissent?
Seeing none, I declare the matter carried on unanimous consent.
Thank you, everybody. We will see you all on Monday.
The meeting is adjourned.