Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2006-11-07 17:20:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Ruby Dhalla (Brampton\u2014Springdale, Lib.)",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"313682\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you very much to all of the presenters.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313683\" data-originallang=\"en\">I thought the presentations were extremely insightful, especially that of the aboriginal diabetes association, which talked about some of the work you do on a daily basis and some of the challenges you face.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313684\" data-originallang=\"en\">I had a couple of questions. As you know, after we finish with a study of this particular issue, we are going to be putting forward a report of recommendations based on what we've heard from the witnesses. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313685\" data-originallang=\"en\">So I have two questions. First of all, could you perhaps provide us with one or two recommendations that you think are going to benefit all committee members for us to include it within the report? I know there has been some talk from Connie and your colleagues, and I think Peter mentioned it as well, in terms of other challenges you face I think on a daily basis--not having stable funding, not being able to plan, and all of the funding being left until the last minute, which puts you in an awkward position when you're providing the resources. So if you could just perhaps touch upon that issue, some of the recommendations\u2014</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313686\" data-originallang=\"en\">Secondly, we had in the last Parliament I think all of the stakeholders come together from across the country and sign on to the Kelowna Accord. When we talk about the issue of obesity, we know we had over $5 billion invested over a period of five years. With that $5 billion, I believe there was almost $1.3 billion that was allocated for the purpose of creating healthy communities within the aboriginal and first nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313687\" data-originallang=\"en\">Now with the Kelowna Accord not being signed with this new government, what type of impact does that have on your particular communities to address the issue of obesity and to address the issue of young aboriginal children getting the food they need and the healthy resources they need?</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"313682\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie beaucoup les t\u00e9moins qui ont fait un expos\u00e9.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313683\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai trouv\u00e9 les expos\u00e9s extr\u00eamement instructifs, surtout celui de l'Aboriginal Diabetes Association, qui a expliqu\u00e9 le travail que vous faites quotidiennement et quelques-unes des difficult\u00e9s auxquelles vous faites face.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313684\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai deux questions \u00e0 poser. Comme vous le savez, apr\u00e8s avoir termin\u00e9 cette \u00e9tude, nous pr\u00e9senterons des recommandations fond\u00e9es sur les t\u00e9moignages.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313685\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'ai donc deux questions \u00e0 poser. Voici la premi\u00e8re: pourriez-vous peut-\u00eatre citer une ou deux recommandations qu'il serait int\u00e9ressant de faire dans notre rapport? Je sais que Mme Seidule et vos coll\u00e8gues ont fait des commentaires, et je pense que M. Dinsdale les a \u00e9voqu\u00e9s \u00e9galement, en ce qui concerne les autres d\u00e9fis auxquels vous faites face quotidiennement \u2014 l'absence de financement stable, l'incapacit\u00e9 de planifier et l'octroi des fonds \u00e0 la toute derni\u00e8re minute, qui vous place dans une situation difficile, quand vous fournissez les ressources. Par cons\u00e9quent, j'aimerais que vous nous disiez bri\u00e8vement quelles recommandations vous feriez.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313686\" data-originallang=\"en\">Deuxi\u00e8mement, au cours de la derni\u00e8re l\u00e9gislature, tous les intervenants sont venus des quatre coins du pays pour souscrire \u00e0 l'accord de Kelowna. En ce qui concerne l'ob\u00e9sit\u00e9, nous savons que nous avons investi plus de 5 milliards de dollars sur une p\u00e9riode de cinq ans. Je pense que sur ces 5 milliards de dollars, pr\u00e8s de 1,3 milliard de dollars ont \u00e9t\u00e9 affect\u00e9s \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation de communaut\u00e9s saines chez les Autochtones et les premi\u00e8res nations.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"313687\" data-originallang=\"en\">\u00c9tant donn\u00e9 que le nouveau gouvernement n'a pas sign\u00e9 l'accord de Kelowna, quel type d'incidence ce refus de signer a-t-il sur vos collectivit\u00e9s dans le cadre des efforts qu'elles d\u00e9ploient pour lutter contre l'ob\u00e9sit\u00e9 et procurer aux jeunes Autochtones les aliments et les ressources saines dont ils ont besoin?</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/health/39-1/26/ruby-dhalla-1/",
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