Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there is a very good system for trying to pick up people who are sick when they're travelling. That's not really the job of CIC. Our discussion of that was in response to the comment in the report about the 56 reportable diseases that the Public Health Agency of Canada requires.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know if you can see this, but in the Canadian Medication Association Journal from last September, there was a paper with information, which I can send to the committee. It describes how we would like immigrants to be screened on arrival in Canada. That work has been done by a multidisciplinary committee with the objective of protecting the health of immigrants.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I would add that I think we are both concerned about all of the diseases. There's no question about that. The question is what's the best way of detecting them and protecting both the people who arrive in Canada and the Canadians around them. My concern is that the current system isn't the best way to do that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  For TB in particular, we have well-established ways of treating people so they are no longer infectious, which is of benefit to them and to preventing further spread. That's true for most of the conditions. For some of them it's a question of isolating the person, and there are other preventive measures that can be taken.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Okay, I'll hand it over to you, very quickly. HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C are worth screening for. Complete immunization records is another thing that would be a benefit to the immigrants' health, and that would be a good role for the CIC to take on. Sorry, Eileen—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. As you probably see on your screen, I'm Natasha Crowcroft, and I work at the provincial level in Canada, although I have international experience. As an aside, I have been through the immigration experience myself, so I have direct experience of some of the processes we're going to discuss.