Health committee  In Quebec there's a tremendous industry in diagnostics. I personally have a dream that when a patient is being prescribed an antibiotic, they're being prescribed an antibiotic only when the doctor or whoever is prescribing knows that there's an infection and knows exactly what th

Health committee  To CANresist.

Health committee  Let's say it's over five years.

Health committee  They do provide definitions.

Health committee  Well, that's a different question altogether. I think that the challenges of AMR differ, and the hurdles that countries need to overcome. The WHO, as Dr. Tedros mentioned just yesterday, involves all countries. There are many countries around the world where access to antibioti

Health committee  The challenge is a complex one. I don't know how much you spend on your insurance, but the battle we're all dealing with on AMR is primarily one of insurance, because we know there has been a growth of resistance over time that is going unabated. What we're looking to do is try

Health committee  You're from Quebec?

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  You follow up with me. Somebody send something to me, Mr. Gagnon, and we will get it to you.

Health committee  I can add to that. The challenge in most jurisdictions is that there's a divide between research and public health. In most jurisdictions, whether it's in the European Union or in the U.S., there's no coordination between research and public health. This requires research, and it

Health committee  I think you are. It is a complex issue, which is born from a very young age, because all physicians were children at one point. All of us have a love affair with antibiotics. We love antibiotics. We're told as children that if we don't finish them, we're going to get sick and tha

Health committee  I think so.

Health committee  I'm putting together a group. We're not allowed to ask for as much as $100 million, which is the problem, but we have no other opportunity. We have a broad-based group. IPAC Canada, NCCID, and Choosing Wisely are all involved in it. The most we're going to ask for is somewhere ar

Health committee  I'd like to add some data on that. I happen to have in front of me a communication from the CMPA. This is a year old now, but in the past five years, there were only 150 cases in all of Canada that the CMPA received in which antibiotic use was ever discussed, and essentially none

Health committee  A hundred million dollars.