Justice committee  I agree with Dr. Pei that Canada is already considered a leader. The world is watching us. I think that some lead from the federal government is important. The Public Health Agency of Canada does not seem to be powerful enough in doing its coordinating and collaborative role wi

Justice committee  It's keeping them really busy, yes.

Justice committee  People with FASD are very different from each other. We have two sons, one of whom has always had behavioural issues—the second son. The older son never has. He only once got into trouble at school for something or other, although I must say that he did intimidate a few people.

Justice committee  If it were a really important issue to people, I think it could be given a much higher priority. The RCMP had some good training a few years ago from Ottawa and from Manitoba. They were even training judges at one point, but that's all finished now. I've looked at this for a long

Justice committee  The figure that's often been used is 1% of the population had FASD in 2005. But now there is research coming from the States from midwestern cities of 2% to 5%, at least. People generally assume that the figure is much higher, but we need more funding to do stronger prevalence st

Justice committee  So I would say that funding would definitely help. And since we know that more and more women are binge drinking but you often don't see the results in children until grade 1, you may not even see the results until high school because it's not clear. So we know it, and yet we hav

Justice committee  Well, that's—

Justice committee  That was a big question. I think I just really thought that diagnostic change isn't going to happen right now. That's why I was focusing on this, which certainly wouldn't include all the answers. To come back to data collection, I just don't see data collection in terms of....

Justice committee  Mr. Chair, thank you for the opportunity to address the justice and human rights committee today. My name is Elspeth Ross. I am a parent and a volunteer service and information provider for FASD. I'm talking to you today from the front end of the issue that you are dealing with