Health committee  It is, and it's also to take it out of the hands of politicians. I'll go further than Professor Coyle. In January we had a meeting with the provincial and territorial health ministers. They were all there. The most support we got was when we said we needed an independent committ

Health committee  It should be universal for sure, and then it should be based on the evidence. I think if we stick with those two, we will save the money we need to get reinvested in our health care system. Universality is what our health care system is. Dr. Carrie talked about physiotherapists

Health committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Casey and committee members. You have copies of both our submission and my speaking notes, and I'll try to stick to them. First of all, merci, and a big thank you to your team, Monsieur Gagnon and company. My first scheduled appearance was May 17, and

Human Resources committee  No. Sorry, I don't have those statistics here.

Human Resources committee  Thank you.

Human Resources committee  In health care, everything is about flexibility and rotation. There's nothing more sacred than your rotation, because of the 24/7 business. We have a rotation of 10 hours, 12 hours, 8 hours, 4 hours, which I don't personally like, but they do exist. A lot of older workers will ta

Human Resources committee  It's the dissatisfaction with what's happening in the system. If there's no progress or if you feel you can't provide good care, you leave. After so many years, it shows, and then they do retire. Our problem is yes, there is a bulge of nurses ready to retire, but the studies sho

Human Resources committee  Yes. You have to be in the system. To have patients in hallways, families concerned, not being able to answer their questions, not enough staff, it can be a very sad situation. Saying that, there's great experience out there. But when that's a constant.... Most of our facilities

Human Resources committee  A role for the federal government is bringing that flexibility to employers in all regions. Rural regions are probably the worst off in our long-term care sector. If you want to see an older workforce, go into those areas. One reason is because they are so committed to their comm

Human Resources committee  It's any occupational health and safety programs, because we have to realize that health care is one of the less safe areas of our system. We need to build a culture of safety, and if we take that experience and say, no, this is not how you should be doing it, you should protect

Human Resources committee  I really believe we have to build bridges between the more senior nurses and our recent graduates. I say this everywhere I go, here or at the health committee, this is not strictly under provincial or territorial jurisdiction. In the case of this project, we have been working wit

Human Resources committee  Or an experienced nurse's salary working part-time. In his presentation, Dr. David Foot who is a demographer at the University of Toronto, was explaining to us that if people over the age of 55 worked part-time, the payroll savings would allow us to hire all of the recent graduat

Human Resources committee  For nurses alone, it would reduce some risks. As we know, workplace injuries increase with age.

Human Resources committee  It varies from province to province. In Quebec, the percentage of people in this age bracket working full-time, in other words 35 to 40 hours per week, is 55%. In Alberta, it is 35%, whereas in the Maritimes and Newfoundland, it is 70%.

Human Resources committee  Yes.