Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure committee   have. I I really want to ensure that everybody understands what is happening this Thursday. We have Environmental Defence, Maggie MacDonald, coming in. We have Ecojustice, Dr. Elaine MacDonald. We have Chemistry Industry Association of Canada, Bob Masterson and Pierre Gauthier

Electoral Reform committee   between Sir John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier. The Great Coalition was what brought Canada together, so we really shouldn't be afraid of it. I think, as Dr. Tremblay said, multipartisanship is really crucial, and that's what will allow us to make better decisions

Public Safety committee  Thank you for your question. I would very much support the comments Dr. Lanius made. Education is key to prevention. It is one of the big pieces that we have to move forward on in terms of being able to educate, and not just the community. Many people lack awareness of what

Health committee  . Robert David, chair of the CCA, and a chiropractor in Montreal, Quebec. My name is Dr. Ward MacDonald, and I'm a chiropractor in beautiful Wolfville, Nova Scotia. The CCA is the national professional association representing 8,400 trained and regulated doctors of chiropractic

Health committee  My presentation is called “Evidence indicates a plausible link between autism and radio frequency radiation exposure”, and my name is Martha Herbert. I am a board-certified neurologist with special competency in child neurology and a specialization in neurodevelopmental

Canadian Heritage committee   style of those journals that John A. Macdonald and Wilfrid Laurier used to read in the library. It's a journal of history and also historical commentary, which is a little bit unique. We are dedicated to the proposition that history is not for dummies. We have about a thousand

Candidate Gender Equity Act   preference for men over women. However, we do know that men do not have a better chance of winning elections than women, but this perception of winnability stacks the process against women. My own published research, written in partnership with my wife, Dr. Jeanette Ashe, who was chair

Public Safety committee   to the trauma, and children suffer from psychological difficulties because they can't cope with the disruption in the family. I'm so glad Ms. MacDonald mentioned this. In treatment it's also a priority that the treatment be geared not only towards the person suffering from PTSD but also

Public Safety committee   to prevent this disorder? I would also like to know which best practices for prevention your professional activities helped you establish. Dr. Lanius, perhaps you could answer first, then Ms. MacDonald.

Finance committee  I'm releasing a paper next Monday for The Macdonald-Laurier Institute. I'm making an argument along that line and putting forward, which no one has put forward thus far, to my knowledge, in Canada, an actual test. I'm not against deficits, but we talk about them and we say we

Health committee  Yes, sure. Absolutely. There are differences in tissue and geometry in children's heads. The use of cellphones in children under 20 can result in a fivefold increase in glioma and acoustic neuroma, and exposure in utero and from birth is huge. Exposure concomitant body burden of

Health committee  Yes. Can you hear me?

International Trade committee   colleague from Dalhousie sees it, just as a trade deal in the narrow context. I looked at The Chronicle-Herald this morning and it said trade pacts. I see it as Martha does—very much in a broader context. Given that it is called a comprehensive economic trade agreement, I see

Status of Women committee  . In a recent presentation by the provincial chief mental health officer, Dr. Michael Trew, he indicated that trauma-informed mental health care begins by asking “What happened to you?” rather than “What's wrong with you?” People with disabilities need safety, encouragement, accommodation

Natural Resources committee   in a building, he can't get out because they're so close together. I'm just sharing that. Those are the kinds of concerns they are raising with a number of us, and that should be looked at. I wanted to follow up with Dr. Innes and Mr. Macdonald about your call for intensified engagement