Health committee  Hopefully my audio will work this time. We face inequity across the country in how cancer patients have access to their cancer drugs. We know that patients today want to be in their homes. We hear this over and over again. Take-home cancer drugs—and I here I would love the phys

Finance committee  Maybe I'll start and then Helena can add. We were pleased to see the Liberal government commit $30 million for pediatric cancer research, not only in your party's platform but in the ministerial mandate letter as well. That is certainly the figure our organization is quite keen

Finance committee  We say at least 26 weeks, because that is the data that we have access to, to indicate the length of time for treatment for somebody who has breast cancer or colon cancer. The Parliamentary Budget Officer completed a report, and we recommend that the committee look at this report

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to present to the committee today. My name is Kelly Masotti. I'm the director of public issues at the Canadian Cancer Society. With me today is Helena Sonea, senior manager of public issues. Over the course of

Finance committee  I would like to add something. The smoking rate right now in Canada is still at 18%, which is stubbornly high. It's still 10% among youth between the ages of 15 and 19. To add to what Rob was saying, there's a lot that can be done to focus our attention on these populations.

Finance committee  Thanks very much for that question. We have our tobacco expert in the room. If you don't mind, I'd like to bring him to the table to answer those specific questions around statistics.