Health committee  I have no concerns regarding the process. For five or six years, our society has participated in consultations, in one-day, two-day or week-long meetings. Things were published in the press. This issue was discussed in great detail. I think we have to start somewhere. The consens

Health committee  When we have received the regulations dealing with the right to practice that type of medicine, documents will be tabled, but I have not seen a document entitled "consent form".

Health committee  I think we feel that we should go ahead with the regulation now, because I understand if we start making amendments to it, this will be another delay.

Health committee  I don't think we need that. We have the basic document that our members can agree with, and there will be guidelines put out by the professional societies--CFAS, SOGC--and universities on all of these issues for years to come. So I think we have a strong basic document. Let's go

Health committee  No, I think we're satisfied with the general intent of this. As someone mentioned awhile ago, it's supposed to be a living document. There are going to be changes every two or three years. It's in the law that you have to come back in front of this committee every two to three ye

Health committee  I tend to put, as we say in French, a bémol on this issue, because, as he said, 40% of the people could not be reached. When people move from province to province, etc., we know that in relation to cervical cancer and other issues, it's nearly impossible to reach them. If we put

Health committee  I agree with Ms. Baylis and I would add that if the agency had really been launched and the people appointed who should have been, much more progress would have been accomplished in these areas. The people from the Department of Health have done a lot of consultation with the ass

Health committee  Thank you very much. This presentation will be brief. I represent obstetricians, gynecologists, and family physicians in Canada. Our members are responsible for the care of the majority of pregnant women in Canada. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, or S

Finance committee  It's a very complex question to answer, but I'll tell you that the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada obviously has a very strong policy on sexual reproductive rights. If you don't believe in this, then I think there is no use in having poverty reduction. We k

Finance committee  Thank you very much for your question. I think we were seeing this coming in Canada because of the lack of investment in human resources, and no strategy in human resources, particularly in this field. You recall we reduced the medical schools; the number of graduates, the numb

Finance committee  Right. We're having huge staffing problems, and women are having to travel further and further to get obstetrical services. We think a national birthing strategy is the right place to start. If we start looking at child problems and adolescent problems, where do they come from?