Health committee  Yes, the Canadian Nurses Association is very supportive of midwives. As part of the International Council of Nurses, many of our colleagues in other countries represent nurses and midwives, and Canada is certainly far behind in terms of the proportion of midwives. Many of the jur

Health committee  My own personal belief, and I guess it's my professional belief, is that we have to have a pan-Canadian federal approach in health care. I live and work in Saskatchewan. Anybody from there has that in their blood. They know that the medicare that we experienced was only phase 1,

Health committee  Absolutely.

Health committee  Yes. There's lots of research to show that when you have electronic health records, appropriate access to information, and appropriate technology, you will make work better, you will increase the quality, increase the patient safety, and ensure better patient outcomes.

Health committee  In our brief we talk about the importance of properly investing in technology in the health care system. We represent over 134,000 registered nurses in Canada, and if you go into the health care institutions, you'll know that we are far behind banking, retail, or even pizza deliv

Health committee  Do we as an organization, do you mean?

Health committee  Thank you. The national pharmaceutical strategy is very important to the Canadian Nurses Association and to nurses in the country. I can't answer your question about what stage it's at. We know that the report came out in June 2006, but I'm not sure what the next stage is, thoug

Health committee  No.

Health committee  Thank you for the opportunity. Before I address the health human resources, I do want to let you know that we did talk about accountability for the Canada Health Act in our brief as well.

Health committee  That's a very important issue for us as the Canadian Nurses Association.

Health committee  Okay. I'll be very pointed. The federal government is a huge employer of health human resources. There's a role they have to play in that regard. We have a pan-Canadian health human resources plan and it needs to be implemented. It deals with many of the things that Elisabeth ta

Health committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm Marlene Smadu. I'm the president of the Canadian Nurses Association. We represent over 133,000 registered nurses throughout the country. Thank you for the opportunity to outline CNA's review of the progress of the 10-year plan to strengthen health ca

Finance committee  You employ nurses through First Nations and Inuit Health Branch right across the country, the Department of National Defence, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. I think those are main areas, but First Nations and Inuit Health Branch is where you have most of your nurses emplo

Finance committee  Currently they're required to be licensed in whatever jurisdiction they're practising, so even though they're employed by the federal government, those who work in Saskatchewan are licensed with the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association.

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. They're running remote and rural stations, they're clinical nurse specialists. Yes, they're practising, often from those vulnerable circumstances.