Finance committee  That's correct. Give credit where credit is due.

Finance committee  Very much.

Finance committee  Very much.

Finance committee  We need their help. They need to work with all of us. And for that amount of money, that $446 billion between now and 2023, I would think the public would expect that there would be accountability and change for that.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. The CMA has been very concerned about focusing all the discussion of sustainability on health care around just dollars. We believe this is not necessarily a discussion about just dollars. Sustainability, to us, is access to quality, patient-centred care acro

Finance committee  Absolutely. As social inequity grows, so does health inequity, and we're seeing consequences of that, sometimes comparable to that of the developing world in our most socially disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. Whereas there are many strategies to address social inequity

Finance committee  Close to 10% of Canadians were living in poverty in 2009, many of them children, as UNICEF has underlined recently. This is a huge challenge for our country. In closing, as this budget cycle ends and as you begin to prepare for the next, please bear in mind that as prosperous a

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members, thank you very much for this opportunity to be before the committee on behalf of the CMA and its 76,000 members. Canadians believe that transforming our health care system to meet 21st century Canada must be among the highest priorities for all levels of gover

Finance committee  It would be one of many different vehicles, so, yes, it could fulfill that mandate for our membership as well and their employees.

Finance committee  It could be a combination of either, Mr. Chairman. The OMA, a large organization of 26,000 members, with an established track record, has its own investments and its own insurance processes. That group would probably take that on in their own interest, and they would probably le

Finance committee  It would lie with the OMA, and they would be held accountable for that through the regulators, but also they would be held accountable by their members.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for this question. This is something the CMA feels very passionately about. I think that most Canadians don't recognize the overwhelming cost of long-term care for them individually, and they're not well planned for the additional expenses incurred for the on

Finance committee  Yes. That would be one recommendation we would like to have. We could consider creating a plan such as that, a registered retirement long-term savings plan. Money could be invested at this point in preparation for you as you age. That's intergenerational fairness. You're actually

Finance committee  Perhaps you don't know, but the Canadian Medical Association, through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, has a management financial organization called MD Management Limited. We would now have the opportunity, as a medical association, to move and be able to balance our RRSPs

Finance committee  One other option would be to allow large associations to take control and manage some of those funds. They're directly accountable to their members. If they screw up, they are directly responsible and they'll pay for it.