Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry, we are getting an electronic message that our conference is over. Can you still hear us?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think that's reasonable. I understand that, again, if you're looking for major issues then, yes, those will presumably present themselves on a health screen at the time of application. If you're looking for issues that present a risk at the time of travel, then clearly that med

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We see 0.3%.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Unfortunately, we can't. This is a presentation that I was able to attend back in June 2010. It was given by a staff member from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. These are their statistics.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're given to understand that these issues, running into persons who actually would be seen as presenting an excessive demand on health or social services, are extremely infrequent. I don't think the concerns you're suggesting are likely to manifest themselves. I don't think it'

Citizenship and Immigration committee  If I can, from the perspective of Peel Region where we get a significant number of south Asian new immigrants to Canada, they have a particular predisposition—particularly when exposed to western diet and lifestyle—towards obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. So, in fac

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree entirely with Dr. Crowcroft.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Oh, goodness.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't know. I personally have not heard of that, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In theory, though, in Ontario it's three months.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's correct.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What do you think, Natasha? It's hard to say, with this one. Some people have bandied about the time of three months, or six months. I think those are more reasonable, particularly for certain diseases.