Health committee  Thank you. Good afternoon. Bonjour à tous et à toutes. Thank you for the invitation to present today. In the interest of time here, I will start by saying that we agree very much with our previous colleagues on the urgent need to address the social determinants of health. I'l

Health committee  That's good, because it means we're on the same page. We have many reports, but our failings sometimes as a nation is that we don't implement what we recommend. Others do. We've heard that we're a country of pilot projects; we know that everyone uses our Ottawa charter. We are

Health committee  I can speak to that from CPHA's perspective. Again, it's a legitimate concern. We ourselves have noted that, and we're working with the Public Health Agency now, as well as the Canadian Medical Association, the College of Family Physicians, and the National Specialty Society for

Health committee  We haven't had a direct involvement through CPHA, other than through our medical officers. I would agree that the mechanisms and the forums we now have in place, which we didn't have during SARS, have allowed for a coordinated and standardized response. This is particularly true

Health committee  I'll just speak quickly on that. I would agree that this is a very real challenge. Certainly, as we spoke about earlier, although the Public Health Agency can strongly encourage it, no one can be mandated to have the vaccine. It's a big challenge, because health care workers

Health committee  I think the direction has been fairly clear from the Public Health Agency of Canada, and then it spreads out through the provincial authorities to the regions, and they're certainly encouraging mass immunization. I know that at the public health level, our public health colleagu

Health committee  I think additional funding and support always makes a difference. As I mentioned before, we have confidence from the public health perspective in how they will rearrange and redirect their current activities to make this happen. But additional resources are always welcome to make

Health committee  No, I can't really comment on every jurisdiction. I think every jurisdiction will be different. Every region's capacity at this point is very different. Every province and territory, in fact, in terms of their capacity right now is very different, so you really have to look at it

Health committee  I'll start with this. It's a very good question. It's very important. Again, I want to reiterate a point that I'm sure you all know, but it is the challenge that we're dealing with something in real time, and the scientific debate is happening as we're trying to develop a vacc

Health committee  I apologize; my French is very poor, so I won't burden you with that. I'll speak in English. I think it's a matter not only of individual responsibility to take care of yourself but also a duty to take care of others as well. So it's not just a matter of vaccinating to protect y

Health committee  Thank you so much for this opportunity to appear before you. We had hoped to have Dr. Cordell Neudorf, who is our chair, and he's also a medical officer of health from Saskatoon region, but he wasn't able to be here today. I solicited some feedback from people who are on the grou