Health committee  Yes, I think that there are so many different things that we can do that Dr. Roy talked about, in particular, looking at exposure to social media. The Canadian Paediatric Society has a statement that we could provide that makes recommendations—best opinion recommendations, becaus

Health committee  It's a great question. I'd love to see universal day care. I think that's going to be a wonderful thing. Exercise is key. In the patients I see, I'm heavily involved in managing kids with school and learning and development attention problems. With good evidence, I can confiden

Health committee  It's a pretty impressive project that comes out of Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto. What they do is they have some people at the other end of the phone who help find shorter wait-lists. When there is a mental health service that is private, they help negotiate lower rates. They he

Health committee  Yes. It's a wonderful resource to now have this technology to save time, money, visits, etc., but it has its limitations. You would think that the sort of patients that I see in mental health would be ideally suited for distance learning, because you don't have to examine their a

Health committee  I would probably reflect back on the first meeting that you had with regard to some of the suggestions made regarding cancer care. The pandemic left a big backlog for surgeries and treatments. I think there were a number of recommendations made in the first meeting about that.

Health committee  In terms of licensing internationally trained physicians, I've been actively involved in supporting that but with a great degree of caution. There are a number of international medical graduates who do training at The Hospital for Sick Children, additional training. Over the tw

Health committee  Maybe I'll start with that one. There's a real potential for added value with regard to what we've gained in terms of technology advancements, but again...cautiously. For example, if I see a patient who has been referred to me with suspected autism and it's a mild form, I can't

Health committee  Very simply, we want to promote healthy eating.

Health committee  Thank you. It's a great question. Kids with depression, anxiety, learning and attention issues are more at risk for drug addiction and alcoholism, and that's going to affect their health. Kids with ADHD are two to three times more likely to be obese because of impulse eating, an

Health committee  Thank you. I think of it as both quality and quantity of health care delivery. For quality, I break it down into efficiency and effectiveness. How are we more effective? We need to make sure that therapies are evidence-based. We shouldn't be giving any money to unproven therapie

Health committee  Unfortunately, in young, prepubertal kids, we're seeing eating disorders. The cause of it is unknown. There is conjecture again, in part. Speaking with some adolescent medicine colleagues and asking them the very same question, one of the theories is that during a period of time

Health committee  I'll defer that one to Dr. Roy, if she sees a lot of kids with eating disorders. It's not a part of my practice, but, in general, we know that being very positive, not telling kids that they're worried about their appearance, talking about healthy lifestyles and not appearance..

Health committee  A lot of this is conjecture. The numbers are there, but much more research needs to be done. There's been a huge rise in eating disorders during the pandemic. I think the access issues that were just spoken about are going to turn out to be a really big part of that. For example

Health committee  Yes, I do think it's an issue. It's not my area of expertise, but certainly when I looked at the first meeting of this committee, I found the concerns raised by the dental association leads quite compelling. Although I'm a general pediatrician, my practice is now more specialize

Health committee  Thank you. Services offered by psychologists for the younger children that are currently not publicly funded are really about assessment for learning, behavioural and development issues. There are small amounts that are publicly funded through schools, but the wait-lists are unt