Health committee  That's the million-dollar question. If I had the answer, I would give it to you. The first thing is for people to understand what decisions were made based on science and what decisions were made for political reasons. I don't know how easy that is. I don't know how to rebuild,

Health committee  I agree that more collaboration is needed. I still have to say, though, that during the pandemic, Canada had approvals almost at the same time as the U.S. The reason that we sometimes make different recommendations is based on our population, on our epidemiology and other factors

Health committee  For the time being, no, but I think research and innovation should be promoted so that remote biomedical examinations can be carried out. It would facilitate the work. During the pandemic, there were rapid antigen tests to detect SARS‑CoV‑2. There are such tests for group a stre

Health committee  Yes, that's it exactly.

Health committee  That's it exactly. In that kind of context, you need to have supporting data to explain things so that people understand the repercussions of our recommendations. Let's use Quebec as an example. On March 3, 2020, a decision was made to close all schools, and most of us wondered

Health committee  Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you to the translator for being so good. I know I speak quickly. Just to set the stage, antibiotic resistance occurs when a type of bacteria that we were able to treat with a regular antibiotic is not treatable any more. In some countries, we're see

Health committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Thériault. I think I may have partly answered it earlier, but I would add that the World Health Organization, the WHO, did in fact put antimicrobial resistance on its list of 10 threats to global health. When a human being or an animal is exposed

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Health for having invited me to appear in connection with its study on public health and the prevention of childhood illnesses. I'm a pediatrician, infectious diseases microbiologist, and clinician