Public Accounts committee  I cannot talk for all of the departments. I'm not sure of this. I think all departments have a data strategy for sure.

Public Accounts committee  No. The internal audit committee works with us and advises the deputy minister on the quality of the audit that we produce, on the risk management of our audits, and which audits we do. They will advise us on the quality of those audits, on what we should identify as risks, where

Public Accounts committee  The department has to do its job. The audit committee cannot do the job of the department, so we have to do it ourselves. We also have to do it with our partners. We have to find efficient and sustainable ways of collecting and analyzing that data. This is our responsibility. We

Public Accounts committee  There is information, but it would probably be difficult to obtain very recent information. We can provide the committee with a survey on oral health from 2007, I believe. It probably shows regional disparities between what happens in northern and southern Canada or in small and

Public Accounts committee  I think my colleagues, particularly Dr. Plante, are better positioned to answer your question.

Public Accounts committee  An approach had been developed, but it was more a regional approach. We work a lot at the regional level because, as you know, the health systems come under the provincial government and the rules differ from region to region. Some work had been done. I think Parliament had nei

Public Accounts committee  I will ask Dr. Plante to speak to the next steps and the schedule we will follow.

Public Accounts committee  What we think it important is the ability to work on the social determinants of health. When working in health, such as on TB, issues related to home construction and housing can't be ignored. If you are working on the issue of oral hygiene, you also have to look at other things,

Public Accounts committee  I would like to thank the committee chair and the rest of the members of the public accounts committee for the invitation to speak here today. I would also like to acknowledge at the outset that we are meeting on the traditional territory of the Algonquin Nation. I am accompanie