Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear before your committee as a representative of Statistics Canada. As a public servant, I am always grateful for these opportunities. I'm here with my colleagues Karen Mihorean and Marc Lachance. Th

Health committee  Thank you for the question. I am not familiar with this program, as it's a Public Health Agency accountability, so I would not be able to comment on it. I can comment on the current data situation in Canada, but not on that system.

Health committee  I'm not convinced that two weeks would be appropriate, but I do think that we have the expertise and the experience to help the country develop national data standards and data exchange standards, yes.

Health committee  I think in my opening remarks I highlighted a few things. I'll repeat them and add a few that I think are important. First and foremost, we have been implementing significantly new data collection methods that are quite rapid. For example, our web panels and our crowdsourcing su

Health committee  Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Desilets. I would agree that there are significant issues in the way in which COVID-19 data is collected in the jurisdictions and reported federally. I highlighted a couple in my opening remarks. There really are no common data standa

Health committee  Thank you for the question. I do not want to speak on behalf of my colleagues at the Public Health Agency of Canada, but I will say that they are working on a strategy. We are collaborating with them every single day and working closely to help develop a national strategy that w

Health committee  I would not be comfortable. I think it's well above my decision-making authority to decide who in Canada should be collecting this data. I will say that both organizations have the expertise, and we are working collaboratively to fill in the gaps.

Health committee  I was talking about the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada, and we are working collaboratively with Health Canada as well. We are working with all three.

Health committee  I'm going to turn to my colleague Marc Lachance, who has the expertise to answer that question for you.

Health committee  We collect data on all deaths in Canada, not just COVID-19. The monthly death reporting that we're planning on starting next month will include all deaths that are reported to us from the provinces and territories. We would not be able to make a determination as to whether those

Health committee  I'll start with one short answer and then turn to my colleague Karen Mihorean for more details, if she has some. One point we are making is that we have seen a significant decline in self-reported mental health during the pandemic. I highlighted in my remarks that 64% of youth,

Health committee  No, we don't have a national household survey, but I will let Karen speak to you about the surveys we are launching, if you like.

Health committee  I cannot confirm, explain or comment on that. I have no idea what the Public Health Agency of Canada is doing. What I can tell you is that it's highly unlikely in the data they're sharing with us. The only thing we're doing is cleaning it for accuracy. We're not removing or hidin