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Health committee  It's a great question. I think we all agree that we need to measure things. What gets counted counts. We need to measure outcomes. We need to see who's doing well and who's doing less well, so that we can share and scale things up. Should that function and that repository sit wi

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  If you look at the UNICEF 2020 report card, there are all sorts of measurements of graduation rates, poverty rates, food security, housing security and well-being. Look at Children's Healthcare Canada, which represents the 17 children's hospitals across the country. They collect

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  I'm 100% for it. We have to have accountability. We have to have outcomes. We have to measure stuff, and if we're going to spend our tax dollars wisely, taxpayers, whether they live in Chicoutimi; Sydney, Nova Scotia; Comox, B.C.; or up in Iqaluit, have the right to expect that m

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Those are both great questions. I would just say that the Canadian Paediatric Society has a wonderful website, called Caring for Kids, which is written for families, at basic levels, and has all sorts of wonderful information. I'm just going to put that plug in that some of tha

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  That's also one of the major determinants of health. It's not just your genetic code; it's your postal code that is so important. A lot of families are living housing-insecure. In a lot of cities across the country, rents are going up. It's a big issue. I would just say that all

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  It's an excellent question. There are probably never enough dollars for health care or health as compared with all the other competing priorities that we have in governments, I'm sure. I'm sometimes conflicted, as a pediatrician. I have a child, like Dr. McLaughlin, and I also wo

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Yes, I agree with that. Dr. Verchere may also want to jump in on that. In my faculty here at the department of pediatrics in Halifax, we have about a 12% success rate when we're applying for research funding, and I can tell you that maybe that's getting the crème de la crème, b

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Thank you very much. It's a very good question. One of the most startling examples of where children fall through the cracks would be in our indigenous children when they need special services, and who pays for it. There was something a few years back, as people will recall,

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  It's an excellent question. One of the things we need to do a better job of is measuring outcomes. There's a lot of data across the country on wait times for adults waiting to receive knee, hip and cataract surgeries. There's very little on children. We're starting to establish

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  I appreciate that. I submitted my notes. I'm sorry. Perhaps I should have cut it down to eight, but here are the other two. Firstly, we need to continue to take a leadership role in global climate change and greenhouse gases. If we don't address that one, the next generations

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  That's a great point. Mental health care is just one aspect of mental health. Obviously, families that are functioning well, schools that are functioning well and all those support systems are really important, too. UNICEF does a very good job. If you look at its 2020 report car

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Sure. The final point, I would say, Mr. Chair, is that we should establish a national child and youth commissioner in Canada to keep an eye on this issue. We have commissioners for grain and the environment and sports integrity. This is really essential. It's been tried before.

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for having me today to present. I'm speaking on the traditional and unceded lands of the Mi'kmaq. We are all treaty people, and I know my department of pediatrics and the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Pediatric Chairs of Canada are all co

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank the committee for inviting me to present today. I am speaking on the traditional, unceded lands of the Mi'kmaq here in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We are all treaty people. My department of pediatrics, the Canadian Paediatric Society and the Pedi

March 7th, 2023Committee meeting

Dr. Andrew Lynk