Finance committee  It's done at the hospitals when the babies are born, by screeners or by nurses.

Finance committee  There hasn't at this point, and that may be a good first step. We recognize that we have to work in conjunction with the provincial and territorial associations for the implementation of this, because some provinces have actually done a good job. Quebec announced a program a few

Finance committee  They have a universal newborn hearing screening program.

Health committee  Thank you for your question. The legislation currently is 100 decibels, which is too loud. You can look at international standards. We're looking at legislation that would bring it down to the World Health Organization level of 75 decibels. Once it's set at 75, I'm very confiden

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  That's a very good question. I can have Dr. Kealey respond to this a little bit more, but there is a lot of evidence to support noise-induced hearing loss, the noise damage caused by products that are too noisy. There is very little or no research specific to toys, but there's a

Health committee  Oh, we thought about it.

Health committee  Thank you, Judy. That is exactly our thought. This bill is on the table and it's an opportunity. There is no health benefit to having a toy at 100 decibels. There's absolutely no health benefit. There's no reason to have legislation that has a decibel level reading of 100 decib

Health committee  I'm going to answer in English. Currently the legislation is 100 decibels. Health Canada does test for toys that exceed 100 decibels. They do recalls for those toys that exceed those noise levels. What we're trying to say is that 100 decibels is too high. The other issue we ha

Health committee  We were invited to one consultation.

Health committee  I would say it was minimal.

Health committee  Thank you very much for this question. We met with many members of the health committee over the past year. Many of the members recommended that we look at international standards, that rather than doing and funding Canadian research and developing our own standards, we look to

Health committee  Thanks very much for the invitation to be here. Joining me today is Dr. Chantal Kealey. She is the director of audiology with CASLPA. First, I'd like to explain a little bit about what CASLPA is, our 5,400 members across the country, and what they do. CASLPA is the only nationa