Health committee  I think it's important to recognize that the pandemic isn't over. It's not nearly over. With all the new waves and variants, long COVID continues. More people are joining our groups. When is this going to end? I think it's really urgent to understand the fast nature of how we nee

Health committee  Thank you so much. I think what's really important to remember is that we're all Canadians. We all need support together. We need to support one another. As we said at the beginning of the pandemic, no Canadian will be left behind. I think we need to honour that and address the

Health committee  Yes, absolutely, my pleasure.

Health committee  Thanks, Eric.

Health committee  Thank you for asking me this question, because I really dropped the ball on the other question that was asked of me. Benefits are needed, yesterday. People are suffering. They're losing their homes. They can't provide medicines for themselves. They can't eat properly. They're ea

Health committee  The words I was looking for were “rural communities”. Yes, absolutely, that's a problem. People in the Northwest Territories, Yukon, isolated communities and indigenous communities, people out east in the Maritimes and in provinces and places that haven't had a large case count

Health committee  Thank you so much for your understanding. What I think would be really meaningful to long-haulers would be the acknowledgement and messaging in public health and across the nation that long COVID is an issue, that it does exist and that people need to take the necessary precauti

Health committee  It is critical, and it is causing damage to being able to recover. If you don't have a doctor who can diagnose you or who believes that you have these issues, they're not going to be giving you support and sending you on to the specialist you need. What I wanted to mention was t

Health committee  Thank you for the opportunity to address this committee. Long COVID needs to be acknowledged. It is a mass disabling event on a scale that has not been seen by most Canadians living today. All Canadians, public health care systems and policy-makers need to be aware of the comple