Health committee  Health Canada is working with Indigenous Services Canada to include palliative care as part of their engagement with first nations communities on a continuum of care. There are a number of different distinctions-based groups within this, so we've had to look at how to work with a

Health committee  Yes, death cafés are a way of making people aware and getting them more comfortable talking about end of life. In fact, our official languages program has developed a series of micro grants that serve to help people who want to create things like death cafés in order to encourage

Health committee  That's a very interesting question. Right now, the ones we can talk about are the ones that are already in play. We talked about increasing the capacity to have end-of-life care conversations in South Asian communities, and that is one way to increase the equitable access. There

Health committee  I'm sorry, could you repeat the last part of your question?

Health committee  Actually, that's a very important question. Information about palliative care and understanding about palliative care is a huge question because a lot of Canadians do not understand what palliative care is, and what they do understand is very worrisome to them. That creates a bar

Health committee  Thank you for the question. As part of the development of the framework and the action plan, Health Canada did consider re-establishing the office of palliative care. It took into account stakeholder views, work that had already been done to consult provinces, territories, exper

Health committee  It was not specifically an office on palliative care. It was a focal point on palliative care within Health Canada.

Health committee  At this time, we have projects that are being planned but we do not have any other projects in Ontario to address populations like those in B.C. I can't say anything further at this point.

Health committee  The $13 million that Marcel mentioned in his remarks is targeted funding that goes to national stakeholders across the country to implement palliative care activities.

Health committee  Could you repeat the question?

Health committee  We are planning a series of indicators to address the action plan and how it's being implemented. We expect those to be available in fall 2020. There is also a parliamentary review that will require a report on palliative care in June 2020. Also Bill C-277 requires the minister t

Health committee  Can I turn that to you?

Health committee  Thank you for your question. The action plan on palliative care, which was mentioned by Marcel, sets out Health Canada's approach to addressing those barriers. It includes activities to raise awareness about palliative care and end-of-life care planning. It includes activities