Health committee  Thank you very much. Thanks for the opportunity to speak with you today. I come here with a deep sense of gratitude for my parents and all the others who have made this possible, a strong sense of responsibility that comes with my position as a scientist, and a burning desire f

Health committee  Sure. It's our responsibility to do better by all our people, and I certainly hope we do so. Thank you.

Health committee  There are two parts to it, and I might defer to Dr. McKenzie to help me out with his understanding of what data are available. There are actually two issues. The short answer is no, I haven't, but there are two reasons why. One is that it's unclear to me the extent to which the

Health committee  Thanks very much for the question. I'm happy to expand. I think the way to do better is to understand what caused their vulnerability in the first place. There are two approaches that we could generally think about. One is to mitigate the harm done to vulnerable people, but the

Health committee  I can tell you what we often hear as the primary reason, and then I can speculate about what might be going on. We're often told that the reason for withholding this data, for not making it publicly accessible, not collecting it more widely, etc. is really to protect the privac

Health committee  I have a lot of experience with the U.S. because I trained there and lived there for a long time. I still do a lot of research there. That's the foundation of my comments. In the United States, they have routinized the collection of data on race the way we have routinized it on

Health committee  Sure. In Canada what happens is that there are all of these barriers, first, to collecting the data and therefore having data, and second, to accessing the data that we already have.

Health committee  Yes, I'm very proud to say that the tool has been developed by a couple of our doctoral students. Taking the lead were Isha Berry and Jean-Paul Soucy. As well, David Fisman, Ashleigh Tuite and others of our faculty have been integrally involved in developing that tool. Essential

Health committee  Yes, sure.

Health committee  I'll just add one which is from a data perspective. I think, as Dr. McKenzie said, it would be important to understand what people with disabilities face and to engage with them about their needs. It's also important to understand how this is an axis of vulnerability at the pop

Health committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] in some ways, yes, but in some ways, the fundamental issue is the increased risk for exposure, for being out there. That's an issue as well.

Health committee  Yes. Thank you very much. As I mentioned, one of the most unfortunate aspects of inequity is that it starts at birth before anyone has a chance to do anything, and that is a result of prior generations having more socio-economic resources among whites and fewer among blacks. In

Health committee  Thanks very much, both of you. In terms of wealth inequity, it's very difficult to say, because we don't have good data. In the U.S., I could answer that question for you. In Canada, it's very difficult to say. Generally speaking, on economic inequity, I can tell you, for exa

Health committee  Sure. I'm sorry.