Health committee  Very much so. They're very much involved. In fact, in most calls we have, one or two can't come because of dealing with H1N1 in their particular region. So they're very involved with it. I may be missing part of your question.

Health committee  Since I raised it, the brief comment is that I believe why this has come forward from our members at this point in time is because of the immediacy and the unpredictability of what we're dealing with. I mentioned there are ethical review boards, academically and in every hospital

Health committee  I can start. I'm not sure I have the answer for you, but given that I speak on behalf of the system that does include the acute care centres as well, the messaging I get from my members is prevention. That's why we focus on it. We don't want to get to the point where we can't i

Health committee  Just to add one comment, I would ask everyone on the committee how they feel about seat belts. There was a time when no one wore seat belts. Frankly, even today you can wear seat belts and may not survive a car crash, but we all wear seat belts. We're looking at limiting the use

Health committee  I'm sorry, but while I would like to answer your question in French, my French is a little rusty. If you don't mind, I will continue in English. I don't know that they are all documented. We're just starting to hear those words, that language, from our members. But there are a

Health committee  I can only repeat what Ms. Lynkowski has said. But if one moves away from the duty issue, which is paramount, and looks at the practicalities, we think they're very much intertwined: your own health, the health of your family, the health of your co-workers, the cost to the health

Health committee  I will leave that to your in camera discussions. A third point I wanted to mention--again, I'm sure this is not new to you--is the communication issue and the need for consistency of messages. We feel strongly that there does need to be a sole source of communications. Messaging

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you very much to all of the committee members for the opportunity to speak with you. Frankly, I'm not sure I can say anything today you haven't already heard. That being said, given the opportunity, I'll certainly underline some of the key issues.

Finance committee  Exactly. I'm a former dancer and love the idea of ballet classes or soccer schools and coaching, or whatever, but those who need the breaks the most cannot benefit from them. It's not that they're bad, but they're not the solution to the issue we've just been talking about.

Finance committee  It speaks to the health issue, because the more active we get our children and ourselves, the greater the impact on, again, the health of the nation. But as an effort in addressing the needs of the most vulnerable, who really need our help, it's not effective.

Finance committee  Thank you for the opportunity to emphasize the points we brought out. We know we represent health, and health is almost a dirty word these days because we understand how many resources it takes from this country, even though it's a value-based decision we all make. There are some

Finance committee  Our brief does speak to that issue and the statistics behind that gap between the very wealthy and the very poor and the impact that has on the overall economy, the health of the nation.

Finance committee  Thank you. It's one of two options we're bringing forward. We're not sure which one might be the best. That's going to require more technical expertise than probably anyone in this room can bring to the table. But we feel strongly that the issue has to be addressed, and we want

Finance committee  We're suggesting in fact that it be moved out of EI, because it gets lost. It's not long enough and it's not comprehensive enough. It should be a stand-alone program. By the way, I was rude earlier in not introducing my colleague, Denise Desautels, who is our director of policy

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you very much, committee. The Canadian Healthcare Association has been a champion of publicly funded health systems and the health system in general for almost 80 years. We're the only federation of provincial and territorial health associations and