Health committee  It should be eight minutes, actually. Thank you very much for the invitation to join you today to talk about best practice and barriers for health care professionals in Canada. First I'll talk a bit about the Canadian Psychological Association. It's the national association o

Finance committee  In relation to Bill C-60, I don't know, given the length of time that it's taken to come to our attention. I want to underscore that it's not just in relation to court proceedings. It also has to do with insurance, because that's how psychological services and care are delivered

Finance committee  My understanding from speaking with colleagues who actually do this work, members of our association, is that if the assessment is not approved by the insured, even in cases like you described, then it no longer has a medical purpose.

Finance committee  The only thing I would say in response to that is an expectation of winning is different than establishing whether there is a health purpose to someone's complaint.

Finance committee  There's no doubt there's variability in the cases that come before the courts that involve personal injury, and I wouldn't pretend to be expert in all of them. However—

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. Either the person pays out-of-pocket or if there is insurance to cover it, that is how it gets paid.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  It's a little bit different whether it's an insured service that you have through employment versus—

Finance committee  Are you talking about the assessment of the person who caused the injury, or who received it—

Finance committee  We had the opportunity to meet with the CRA just last week, and they provided some clarity, but the concerns we've outlined today reflect the continued concerns coming out of that meeting. It's really what it means to have solely a health care purpose and what it means to have an

Finance committee  Thank you for the invitation to present today. The Canadian Psychological Association is the national association for psychology in Canada. There are about 18,000 psychologists in Canada, making us the country's largest group of regulated specialized mental health care providers

Finance committee  Thank you for the invitation to join you today to talk about Bill C-462. The Canadian Psychological Association is the national association for psychology in Canada. There are about 18,000 regulated practitioners, making us the country's largest group of regulated specialized men

Finance committee  One of the great challenges in recruitment and retention, and there are several, is training. We heard recently that the Canadian Forces and Veterans Affairs have a need for psychologists, and Correctional Services has a need for psychologists. What we know, and we heard it from

Finance committee  As far as I know, one has recently been developed in Correctional Service Canada. We've been trying to advocate for the development of a residency program that might see clinical psychology students rotate through various departments, with perhaps four months in Veterans Affairs,

Finance committee  That's a really good question. The only benchmark I am aware of is one in the area of school psychology. We know that the greatest return on investment when it comes to mental health is with children. The benchmark is about one psychologist for every thousand students. The Euro