Question No. 610 Ms. Anne Minh-Thu Quach: With respect to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA): (a) does the 2012 Economic Action Plan (Budget 2012) provide for decreases or increases in the financial and human resources allocated to the CFIA; (b) what impact will Budget 2012 have on the financial and human resources allocated to Canada’s food safety system; (c) what impact will Budget 2012 have on the number of employees at the CFIA; (d) what impact will Budget 2012 have on the CFIA’s services; (e) what are the government’s plans to streamline and accelerate the food regulatory process; (f) will these plans have an impact on the number of employees or the availability of CFIA programs and services; (g) how will the introduction ...[+++] of a label verification tool for consumers affect CFIA employees and services; (h) will the introduction of the label verification tool for consumers enable the CFIA or the department to save money; and (i) is the CFIA still responsible for food labelling and for reporting labelling errors to the companies concerned?

In conclusion, on the issue of fast process, I'll just simply make three points: allow for modestly longer time limits, to give claimants a fair and reasonable opportunity to prove their claims; allow an appeal to every claimant to catch the mistakes that are inevitable, especially with a faster claim process; and have prompt removals of failed claimants.

To study advanced computer-aided detection, clinical decision support systems and other IT tools to improve workflow, enhance quality of diagnosis and treatment, reduce medical error and lower costs, as well as to understand clinical decision-making and how to translate outcomes of clinical research into clinical practice and especially addressing the specificities of children, women, the elderly population and disabled persons.

Secure integrated e-government can help to lighten unwieldy bureaucracy by speeding up procedures, stemming the flow of paper, making for more uniform enforcement of legislation, and reducing the risk of errors.

This plan helps us to do this because new technologies and services make access faster and easier, reduce errors, and improve the effectiveness of health care systems.

It may be decided that people will not pay for a service if we cannot speed up delivery or reduce errors in providing the service (1745) Cost recovery can also improve the management of government resources by complimenting related management initiatives such as restructuring service delivery; for example, special operating agencies.