Health committee  —while everyone works their way back. We've had some interesting conversations. No one is against the motion. We do want to put forward a really good motion. Hopefully what I am going to.... Mr. Davies, I hope you can hear me as you're moving back.

Health committee  I'm going to make what is hopefully a friendly amendment. To the analysts, I'm not sure what standing order I should use. If we undertake a study, what standing order would that be? It would be pursuant to standing order X that the committee pursue a study, perhaps for another

Health committee  I was thinking two additional days.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  On the forced sterilizations....

Health committee  Thank you very much, everyone, for coming here today. I really appreciate it. I still have a few questions. Mr. MacPherson, you were talking about why people use drugs. I am just wondering if there is a lot of data you could direct us to at some point for the analysis of why p

Health committee  Thank you very much. Second, I was just wondering if you could talk a little bit about recreation and arts and sports. I had a town hall with a number of young people and other service providers who look at meth in Winnipeg Centre, and we were discussing the meth issue down ther

Health committee  I have a number of further questions. I guess I can open it up to the group here. I was just wondering if we have any understanding about the additional costs related to the use of meth, for instance, in terms of policing, health care, or even treatment. How much more does it co

Health committee  Part of my issue, for instance, is with policing. In the city of Winnipeg, what we heard in testimony is that it takes a lot more time to deal with someone who's on meth. Where do you take them? In the hospitals, it takes a lot more personnel to deal with someone. All of that cos

Health committee  Thank you very much.

Health committee  Thank you very much, everyone, for coming today. I have a number of questions, and I'd like to start with the gentleman from the University of Saskatchewan. Mr. Butt, I'm wondering if you have any ideas surrounding the loss of economic productivity, more as it's related to the c

Health committee  I'm wondering if you could also discuss your harm reduction sites that are funded by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Authority. From what I understand, you provide clean needles and inhalation supplies. What does that include? Was it easy to set up

Health committee  Do you see a lot of needles being spread around Saskatoon or Regina? In Winnipeg, for instance, a lot of needles are finding themselves in school parks and back alleys, and in vast quantities. We have to pay or get volunteer groups like Bear Clan to go around and clean up a lot o

Health committee  They're sometimes getting pricked, and these are volunteers doing this work. Is it the same situation in Saskatoon and Regina?