Health committee  Thank you. Safe Kids Canada is the national injury prevention program of Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, or SickKids, as it's known. As a knowledge broker, Safe Kids builds bridges between researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, and the public so that activities, messag

Health committee  Yes. As I said, we've been working with Health Canada and the federal government since about 2003—Safe Kids Canada has, not me personally. The organization has a good working relationship with Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada around injury prevention issues. W

Health committee  Unlike what is currently available, the new bill takes a precautionary approach overall. But the general prohibition component of the bill is also very useful for us. The power to recall products, as in the example of the baby walkers, is fine for larger manufacturers who are wil

Health committee  Yes and no. On the second part of your question, how parents can look around their own homes to see if things are safe, we recommend that parents get down at the level of the child and see the environment from their world perspective. Kids are living in environments that are buil

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon, and thank you for the invitation to speak to the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. The focus on maternal and children's health is an important issue, and the discussions about children's health would not be complete

Status of Women committee  I would echo the opinions that have been expressed and add my support to Dr. Snowdon's comments about involving those who are going to be impacted by any of the policy outcomes.

Status of Women committee  Safe Kids Canada is part of a global movement called Safe Kids Worldwide. Our mandate is to address injuries in Canada itself, but we certainly work within the global context with our partners that have Safe Kids organizations in countries such as Germany, New Zealand, Uganda, Vi

Status of Women committee  The leading cause of death worldwide is motor vehicle collisions. But certainly in the developing and middle-income countries, that needs to be looked at under the broader umbrella of road traffic safety, in terms of pedestrians interacting with traffic, cyclists, as well as moto

Status of Women committee  I would agree with Dr. Snowdon. It needs to be part of a comprehensive plan because of the high burden that it has in terms of deaths and hospitalizations. Again, the one-size-fits-all approach does not work, but there are certainly similarities across interventions. One exampl

Status of Women committee  No, this is outside of my scope of expertise, for sure. Certainly we focus on the child side.

Status of Women committee  The topic is completely outside of my scope of expertise.

Status of Women committee  I agree with Dr. Snowdon about incorporating injury prevention into that comprehensive approach. If you want to achieve results in children's mortality worldwide, injury prevention has to be a piece of that solution.

Health committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak today and share Safe Kids Canada's views on the importance of passing Bill C-36, the consumer product safety act. Safe Kids Canada is a national leader in preventable injuries. We work to advance the safety and reduce the burden of injury t

Health committee  Cadmium is something we consult about with our toxicologists at the Hospital for Sick Children as a poisoning kind of injury, for certain. I don't have technical expertise on the actual substance, but certainly the quicker that products get off the market that are causing injury

Health committee  According to the stats we have on emergency room visits, 14,000 a year are related to children under ten. It's a fairly significant portion of the injuries that we see to young children especially. I think what this bill will do for those injuries is get the product off the mark