Health committee  I mentioned that Eabametoong has a program that has evolved over the years. We started in 2010 in response to the state of emergency, and it has evolved. Whenever there is funding, people are taken out, with elders involved. They go out by canoe or by motorboat, and they get back

Health committee  I just wanted to speak to the fact that we have the evidence of prevention in this room: good nutrition, good education, solid housing, and an overall sense of well-being. As the dominant culture, we have deliberately not allowed this in the first nations and our indigenous peopl

Health committee  Could I speak briefly? I don't think there's a problem with getting the program started in the community. I have been humbled by the skill set at the local level. The support isn't there. One very specific thing that I think could be done to decrease mortality is that the nur

Health committee  I've been in the area of Sioux Lookout since 1982, when I first went as an outpost nurse. When I first arrived, alcoholism was a bigger problem. The introduction and use of OxyContin, many of my patients said, was the first time in their lives that they remembered feeling relaxed

Health committee  I can only speak to my practice, which includes the physicians who serve the Sioux Lookout zone. Our practice of prescribing is very cautious. When we do prescribe opioids, it's often because there is very little funding for physiotherapy and occupational therapy. People get inju

Health committee  Certainly.

Health committee  I'll speak first to the tamper-resistant things. They don't work. People who are addicted are in tremendous physical, emotional, and mental pain, and that motivates them to get around all those tamper-resistant things. While that may slow some things down in being injected, it do

Health committee  Thank you for this opportunity. I'm very much hoping this will be a meaningful consultation and not further history made with consultation that doesn't lead to action, because it is not extreme to say there are lives at risk on a daily basis because of the opioid crisis. I am sp