Health committee  I totally agree. We need to ensure sufficient financial support for the research and science community. This would allow us to make progress in the development of means of prevention and protection for firefighters against the effects of smoke from fires. It would also allow us

Health committee  The College of Family Physicians of Canada needs to be aware of this reality, and needs to successfully communicate this information to all medical colleges across Canada. Furthermore, we know that oncologists, that is to say doctors who specialize in the treatment of cancers,

Health committee  I agree with what he said. There are studies that show the great advantage that screening has in catching a stage 0 or 1 cancer, compared to when you feel bad and see your physician and they detect the presence of a cancer. By then, it has grown to a degree that would be harder t

Health committee  I don't have any information on these exchanges involving the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada.

Health committee  I will refrain from commenting too much on what is being done at the provincial and Quebec levels. However, according to the information we have, we note that Quebec is still doing poorly compared to the other Canadian provinces in terms of the number of cancers that it recognize

Health committee  This is one of the four requests the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs has made to the Canadian government. Last week, which was the association's government relations week, we discussed the possibility of reinstating the joint emergency preparedness program, which was abolishe

Health committee  The list of recognized cancers is currently a provincial responsibility. If we had a harmonized list, similar to what is proposed in Bill C‑224, it could facilitate access to this compensation once the death of a firefighter in the line of duty is recognized. Would the parliame

Health committee  Yes, it is. Now, we have to ask ourselves whether this should be part of Bill C‑224, which we consider to be immediately applicable as is, or of the program itself. We could add to the latter the list of cancers that the Canadian government wishes to recognize as being directly r

Health committee  Fire services across Canada have put in place several measures to try to reduce exposure to contaminants, both in terms of the concentration of contaminants and the duration of exposure. The measures must be implemented equally across the country. At present, fire services with p

Health committee  I can understand that some fire services might find it difficult to make the investments that would allow them to do this. However, failing to do so would mean ignoring a reality: the risk of cancer is always present, whatever the structure of a fire service, whether it is small

Health committee  For one thing, for sure it will help individuals understand the risks associated with firefighting. In addition, it would provide hope to the current firefighters to stay on board and remain firefighters, because there are ways they will be better protected through science, throu

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs would like to thank the Standing Committee on Health for the opportunity to express its views on Bill C‑224. My name is Richard Amnotte, and I am the assistant director of the City of Lévis fire service and the secon