Health committee  You know that, since 2003, there have been departmental guidelines. Documents were prepared under the leadership of the former minister of health, Mr. Couillard. However, these rules weren't applied. As I said, everything is documented. We fought to ensure that people's personal

Health committee  We submitted this bill to the two new ministers, Ms. McCann and Ms. Blais, in January 2019, after they were appointed. We told them not to hold any other political or parliamentary committee meetings because everything was written and documented. For 30 years, we've known how to

Health committee  The concept of abuse was included in Liberal government legislation a few years ago. It's the same definition that the United Nations uses. It's an act or the omission of an act that should be based on trust and safety for the person on the receiving end, whether it's a statement

Health committee  Certainly, I think it makes sense, but it is a challenge. I've seen, in my experience, old premises being held by people, being voluntarily very well tended, places and corridors where it smells good. We're talking about times of peace, not times of crisis. Sometimes the walls, t

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  We've received complaints from over 200 user committees in as many health care facilities in Quebec. We're standing up for 300 individual members. The places that house people with mental health issues are telling us about the significant amount of isolation and the many restri

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  It's difficult, because we're going through a crisis. For over a year, we've been asking the government to participate in recruitment and to show that workers who work with people who are sick and with seniors who need help or assistance are employed in one of the noblest profess

Health committee  We've actually been documenting everything for 20 years: how to run establishments, manage people, supervise staff and so on. Staffing comes up a lot, but supervision is really important. Henry Mintzberg, himself, says that people with little training need supervision in order to

Health committee  Yes, certainly. I recently had lunch with former Quebec premier Philippe Couillard. He told me that, after announcing a $20-million investment in his area for CLSCs, CHSLDs and home care services, he then went to a CLSC or a CHSLD and asked whether the money had arrived. He was

Health committee  Accreditation Canada conducts monitoring and provides accreditation to care facilities in Quebec and across Canada. However, these people won't eat what we're eating on the ground, won't smell what we're smelling and won't hear what we're hearing. Accreditation Canada doesn't do

Health committee  Thank you. You're right. Over the past 45 years, we've contributed to dozens of parliamentary committees, public consultations and, for the past 35 years, public inquiries, mainly in the area of long-term care. In terms of results, however, things haven't changed. Long-term car

Health committee  From the documents and information obtained, our analysis shows that the public health emergency in Quebec, which the Quebec government declared on March 13, 2020—nearly two months after the World Health Organization, or WHO, issued its first warning—did not include screening or

Health committee  Good afternoon. My name is Paul Brunet, and I am the president of the Conseil pour la protection des malades, or CPM, which is now in its 46th year. The CPM is an independent not-for-profit charity and has submitted hundreds of briefs to Quebec's National Assembly and a few to Ho