Finance committee  The funding is around a notion not of direct delivery by the federal government of services, but of serving as a catalyst for bringing together different jurisdictions to coordinate a national policy.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for your question. As a practising pediatrician in Montreal, I spend far more time in Quebec than I do in Ottawa promoting childhood health programs. Without question, health care is a provincial, not federal, responsibility. A number of joint federal-provinc

Finance committee  I would have to agree with the general thrust of what you spoke about, which reflects my own--namely, looking at our children as our future and the importance of doing everything we can that has been demonstrated to be effective in increasing the likelihood of them growing up hea

Finance committee  The focus of our submission was Canada's children and adolescents, but we mustn't forget children elsewhere in the world. Each year, 11 million children die before the age of five. Canada has much to contribute to improve health in the global community. Helping developing countr

Finance committee  Good afternoon everyone. Thank you very much for having invited the Canadian Paediatric Society to participate in these pre-budget consultations. A society's good health is key to its economic growth and sustainable development. Jeffrey Sachs estimated that poor health account