Health committee  If I can't go outside, to the cinema or to the grocery shop without being accompanied by a dog, I suffer losses in quality of life. Those who did this study have a very sophisticated methodology that measures all of these things and quantifies this in absolute dollars. Again, t

Health committee  Thank you for your questions.

Health committee  That is a very good question. I must stress that this report contains a lot of expert information. It was prepared by experts who work for a subsidiary of Deloitte in Australia. It's very accurate, timely data. At the Canadian Association of Optometrists, we prefer to quote the

Health committee  Thank you. As far as I know, there has never been any such campaign. Anything to do with vision care has really been neglected in the past, if you compare it to dental care, or mental health care, now. For a very long time, mental health was a taboo subject, but now there are a

Health committee  Thank you,

Health committee  Thank you for your question, Mr. Trudel. I would like to start by saying that there is very little research done in optometry, in Canada. Between 0.5% and 1% of the overall research budgets in Canada are devoted to vision care. When you look at the work that is being done in th

Health committee  It would really be necessary to determine what the priorities are in Canada. The research would probably be on diseases leading to blindness. As I mentioned, there are new drugs that slow down the onset of blindness. It could also be on vision rehabilitation. These are methods th

Health committee  I'll let our clinical expert, Dr. Nelson, reply.

Health committee  Dr. Nelson, I'll let you answer this one on the impact of screens, please.

Health committee  There are some high-level policy issues regarding eye health that deserve the attention of the federal government, as they have major implications not only for the health of Canadians, but also for the economy and productivity of our nation. A Deloitte Access Economics research