Health committee  Yes. Like anywhere else in society, when you're racialized, it is even more dangerous. That's the discrimination that exists, sadly, everywhere. In home care, that's where we see a lot of nurses of all categories go because they haven't found a job in the acute care sector. They

Health committee  Yes. We need data, and it's one of our recommendations, but we can't wait for it. I saw a 1,200% increase in violent incidents in the city of Winnipeg. Sorry, we can't wait. What the federal government can do is push forward the best practices. They do exist, as I mentioned, at t

Health committee  I totally agree.

Health committee  We have to take it out of the hands of health care workers. If a health care worker or a nurse gets injured due to violence, and the patient or family member, whoever attacks—the accused—breaks hospital equipment, the hospital will put a charge against them to recoup the hospital

Health committee  Sorry, could you repeat? I didn't hear.

Health committee  With all due respect, I'm far from a security expert so it is whatever the security team decides. One thing they've been asking us is flagging. We need to flag patients who have violent history, patients who have family members who have a violent history. It's a very taboo thing

Health committee  I totally agree, and it's a question of staffing too. You have to have enough people to take care of the sick. Especially if violence is related as a medical symptom, you need trained people there.

Health committee  We only had one hospital in Ontario where it was brought in front, and it was thrown out immediately.

Health committee  You bring up an interesting point, especially in comparing it to the private sector. The private sector puts security as number one. We don't put that security in the public sector, and far from it in health care. If you look at just Ontario, you'll see that in the recent study o

Health committee  Yes. If you look at Dr. Doug's region, we've seen a 1,200% increase in violence in the last five years due to crystal meth in the Winnipeg area: 1,200%.

Health committee  It's not only about intervention. It's also about having a security device on you. I'm sure Miranda could answer this too, but it's about having a security device on you. If you press a button and nobody comes...like the nurse in the regional hospital where it took 11 minutes bef

Health committee  Yes. That's the short answer. But it has gotten worse. We saw in the 1990s a restructuring of our health care system. Now we have a very acute health care system. If they're not there, as per your witness on personal care workers, they're in the home with any help they can get. I

Health committee  Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for inviting me on behalf of CFNU. We represent over 200,000 nurses across the country. My name is Linda Silas. I am a proud nurse and a proud New Brunswicker. Thank you to the committee for doing this study. I remember testifying here on oth

Human Resources committee  Yes and no. Caregivers are often those who would naturally help the family or the elderly person. Any support in the form of tax credits helps them personally, but they do not decide to become caregivers in order to benefit from the tax credit. The key is making sure these careg

Human Resources committee  Honestly, I can't tell you. We hear positive stories, but are they representative?