Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, we are getting an electronic message that our conference is over. Can you still hear us?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's reasonable. I understand that, again, if you're looking for major issues then, yes, those will presumably present themselves on a health screen at the time of application. If you're looking for issues that present a risk at the time of travel, then clearly that medical examination would have to occur closer to the moment of travel, particularly if you're looking at things like acute infectious diseases, because, again, an exam from a year ago is not relevant.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We see 0.3%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're given to understand that these issues, running into persons who actually would be seen as presenting an excessive demand on health or social services, are extremely infrequent. I don't think the concerns you're suggesting are likely to manifest themselves. I don't think it's an issue at all, otherwise we would have seen it already.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Unfortunately, we can't. This is a presentation that I was able to attend back in June 2010. It was given by a staff member from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. These are their statistics.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree entirely with Dr. Crowcroft.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I can, from the perspective of Peel Region where we get a significant number of south Asian new immigrants to Canada, they have a particular predisposition—particularly when exposed to western diet and lifestyle—towards obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. So, in fact, our environment tips them over the balance on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and they start off healthier and get sicker.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In theory, though, in Ontario it's three months.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Oh, goodness.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know. I personally have not heard of that, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, it hasn't really. I suppose that more rigorous pre-screening would actually be more of a benefit to the travellers themselves and to the people who are on the journey with them. Clearly, if somebody is actively sick with something at that moment in time, and you could pick it up at a pre-screening just before the travel, something could be done then.