Health committee  That's a great question. Caregivers make up approximately 35% of the total Canadian workforce, representing approximately one in three employees. Half of all caregivers are between the ages of 45 and 65. These are some of our peak earning years.

Health committee  Women account for 50% of all caregivers, and 64% of those provide 20 hours or more of care per week.

Health committee  I can comment. We were fortunate to meet with some stakeholders last week around this concept of postgraduate students who are choosing to leave the country because there is not enough support for them to develop their research further. A lot of those decisions are being made be

Health committee  They're not bad.

Health committee  Absolutely. I'd be happy to.

Health committee  Thank you very much for highlighting this incredibly important part of the care trajectory. The cancer continuum is so vast. I think that mental health piece includes grief and bereavement. We know that Canadians with cancer are three times more likely to receive palliative car

Health committee  That's a very good question. Thank you. I think it really speaks to that mental health component, because we know that when you hear the word “cancer”, it can completely change your life and your family's life. We need greater mental health supports and for individuals to not fa

Health committee  That's a great question. Thank you very much for bringing your attention to it. At the end of the day, making it refundable, regardless of your tax bracket, means that you would get the money back, not just reduce what you would owe. That very particular nuance would really impa

Health committee  There's the compassionate care benefit, which we were thrilled to see extended from six weeks to 26 weeks, I believe, in 2016. It was fantastic because it was where we sought that alignment with the sickness benefit to make sure that caregivers and patients have the same amount o

Health committee  There are a lot of nuances with it, but I'm happy to chat more about it.

Health committee  If it's okay, we would love to invite Rob Cunningham to answer that question, if possible.

Health committee  We would absolutely support a similar initiative in this country, for sure. The Canadian Cancer Society invests over $50 million on an annual basis. That's a charity, and there's a lot of opportunity and room for improvement for the federal government to be increasing investment

Health committee  Off the top of my head, no, but I would be happy to follow up later today with some specific figures for you, for sure.

Health committee  Absolutely. We really appreciate the opportunity to talk about this important issue, because there is an incredible opportunity in front of us. We really want to ensure that any program put forward has safeguards in existing access and that there are no additional administrative

Health committee  We are very fortunate to be part of a large community through the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. They have individual screening network meetings that bring together a variety of government stakeholders and organizations such as ours. It was through these various conversatio