Health committee  This funding will go to support youth at risk, be it LGBTQ2+ youth or racialized and other vulnerable youth, including indigenous youth. They will be developing interventions and supports directly at the community level. We look forward to providing or coming back with more info

Health committee  The Public Health Agency did, in fact, release its modelling projections in March, and we'll be releasing in the upcoming quarter as well, I believe in the next five or six days. I'm happy to provide the link to where the modelling is posted publicly on our website to the honoura

Health committee  Out of toxic drug supply—not to get ahead, of course, of the modelling that's happening—I will again have to provide that in writing because, again, this has not yet been released publicly, and we're still analyzing the data and the modelling.

Health committee  Honourable member and Mr. Chair, this is not part of my area of expertise. I'm happy to talk about mental health programming and programming to support mental health promotion, but I can refer and defer to provide information in writing on that from the doctors within the agency.

Health committee  Yes, we have directed interventions for mental health promotion and prevention of mental illness, as well as trauma and PTSD and those populations that have been most impacted during COVID-19. That would be $100 million over three years within the mental health promotion space, a

Health committee  I would just say that PHAC continues to conduct surveillance in the area of childhood cancers. It is updated on an ongoing basis. I would have to come back in writing with the most recent surveillance data on childhood cancers, but it is something that is part of PHAC's routine

Health committee  Thank you for that. Yes, we agree that physical activity and healthy eating are a priority, and they certainly can reduce the risk of chronic disease. We are working across sectors right now to ensure that we are promoting good health and well-being, which are key issues with th

Health committee  Chair, I'm more than happy to provide a bit of information, and of course provide anything in writing as well, if this is not sufficient. Thank you. That's true. We did provide $1.6 million to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. You are correct. It was a broad and inclusiv

Health committee  To clarify, I didn't say that I wasn't aware of any research. What I will say is that we know that school closures are areas within the jurisdictions of the provinces and territories, and various municipalities, as the honourable member said. The Public Health Agency of Canada do

Health committee  We know that all areas of the determinants within a child's health have been impacted by COVID-19, including, I'm sorry—

Health committee  Thank you for that, Mr. Chair. What I was going to say is I was going to address mask studies and ask colleagues from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research themselves, who conduct the research on areas related to child mental health and various public health measures, if th

Health committee  During the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw increased risks for the health and safety of vulnerable Canadians as children and families faced increased stress and may have had difficulty accessing supports and prevention programs. There was the survey of COVID-19 and mental health collab

Health committee  I'll have to come back in writing on that one, beyond the non-cisgender. That will be disaggregated to take into account those non-cisgender identities. I will be happy to do so in writing.

Health committee  Thank you, honourable member. Yes, I would concur with Jo Voisin on that. While we provide information and recommendations, at the end of the day it is within the purview of Transport Canada to make the final decision on any changes or implementing any new guidelines on travel.

Health committee  You're correct. What we are seeing through analysis conducted by Statistics Canada, particularly as it relates to physical activity, is that physical activity levels have dropped, certainly from the fall of 2018, which was prepandemic, to the fall of 2020. In the fall of 2018, 5