Health committee  Thank you for the excellent question. Through you, Mr. Chair, there's no question at all that we lack adequate data when it comes to race-based illness in this country. I think we've heard calls from many jurisdictions now to try to collect those areas so that we can identify an

Health committee  Thank you very much, and I'll be brief. The CMA has been very active in pushing for transparent accountability with regard to the health care system in Canada, not just looking back at the pandemic and being prepared but also moving forward so that the citizens of Canada can und

Health committee  I am a huge fan of breaking down what I like to call “cylinders of excellence" instead of “silos”. I think we have to have data sharing, an ability to share data across jurisdictions, even from community into acute care, so we can get to that practical research that's timely and

Health committee  I think that, no matter which route this committee decides to proceed with, we have to look forward. There are lessons that we definitely can learn from how the pandemic unfolded. There's zero question that this was an unprecedented-in-our-lifetime event, and we do need to look f

Health committee  Thank you. Through the chair, I'll try to be very quick. PPE and vaccinations certainly made a huge difference in the pandemic, and as far as trust and trust-building go, we know that the most likely predictor of encouraging vaccine-hesitant people to get their vaccine was actua

Health committee  I would agree. The CMA recognizes that equitable global access, particularly to vaccines, is a valuable public health tool. Again, though, where and how that gets implemented is outside the scope of CMA recommendations. Certainly, ensuring we are meeting our requirements as far

Health committee  I think I would approach that by saying that an advisory committee and a subsequent report would serve as a tool to consider what needs to be done immediately to help our health care system to recover. The Canadian Medical Association believes that health leaders will need to fi

Health committee  The fact that we know the pandemic exacerbated our pre-existing fragmented and broken health care system is highlighted in that article. The pandemic raised awareness of the chronic gaps that we have in our health care system, which we continue to experience. The pandemic itself

Health committee  Chair, if I can add on to that—

Health committee  Through the chair, yes, I'd be happy to speak about that. There were several challenges that we faced across the country with regard to data, and I'll speak first about data regarding our health care workforce. We lack a standardized national database of health care workers in

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. My name is Dr. Kathleen Ross. I'm joining you from the traditional territories of the indigenous people of Treaty No. 7 and the Métis Nation of Alberta Region 3. We acknowledge and respect the many first nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared