Health committee  Yes. At the moment, we've assembled an international advisory panel made up of industry funders, consumers, scientists, and clinicians to help us decide how we should move this whole agenda forward in Canada in regard to learning from the lessons of others and actually being able

Health committee  It would be hard to summarize this in as short a time as we need to make it, but I want to highlight two or three things. One thing that's key is the collaboration at the intersectoral interfaces, where the innovation is. You need the provider and consumer, and they're going to

Health committee  Oh, and capitalize on our space agency, yes.

Health committee  That question is so big that we couldn't—

Health committee  On that one part of your question, the knife and the gun, I'm going to let Peter talk about that, but I do want to talk about the science. What was recognized in this area, which is not uncommon with many areas as new technologies are developing, is that the science was scant r

Health committee  I think there are a couple of things we've learned from other countries. Number one is, I'm not sure we've had what you might call the magic carrots. The U.K. system was built on the fact that there was terrible inefficiency in having to refill prescriptions every 30 days. They s

Health committee  There is an interesting model that's been developed in the Ontario health technology assessment, and I think that would be very well worth looking at as a model for Canada. It provides much more upstream.... If this is your innovation, these are the kinds of things you need to co

Health committee  I just want to add that in the area of technology, you do need to have an industry-friendly environment for small and medium-sized businesses, since they are the ones who partner with these innovators like the Ottawa Heart Institute. These are the people who actually make it happ

Health committee  I think it's to play an active role as a leader. I think the two arms would be to foster this kind of interesting partnership that PHAC has been maintaining with the private sector. We're all in it for all sorts of reasons, and we actually have to transform how we're delivering h

Health committee  I have a quick one on that. One key thing we really need is...the alignment of the tri-councils can be achieved fairly readily through collaborative work. We've already gone down that pathway. But the alignment with industry policy hasn't been as successful. We don't have...we

Health committee  I think the emphasis is increasingly on living high quality longer. Living longer on a respirator is not the way to go, right?

Health committee  It's really about putting health into the aging years. I think we know an awful lot at this point about the risk factors that make you unhealthy and live a shorter and poorer-quality life. What we haven't really been able to master as well is how you deliver, in an effective way,

Health committee  I think this is a very interesting area. It has been fascinating to see the digital divide essentially closing and an even more rapid upgrowth in the seniors community. But I think this is an area for innovation: we don't deal with the human factor things very well. When you thi

Health committee  Thank you very much for inviting me. It's a true pleasure to be able to speak to you about the use of technologies for chronic disease prevention and management. As my other colleagues have mentioned, I think we're all aware that we are aging well in Canadian society, as people