preliminary assumption plan

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National Health Technical Infostructure Blueprint and Tactical Plan

Blueprint and Preliminary Tactical Plan

assumption plan

(Return tabled) Question No. 424 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With regard to the current pandemic of new influenza A (H1N1) virus in Aboriginal (First Nations, Inuit, Metis) communities in Canada: (a) what were the containment measures taken to slow the spread of the virus within households, between households, and among communities; (b) what were the control measures taken in more remote areas to flatten the epidemiological peak; (c) what was the average length of time from symptoms to treatment for those Aboriginal peoples who required a stay in intensive care unit (ICU); (d) what percentage of hospitalizations, ICU cases, and deaths were among Aboriginal peoples, and how do these compare with the Canadian ...[+++]population at large; (e) what was the average length of time on a ventilator and the mean length of stay in an ICU for Aboriginal peoples; (f) what specific measures are being planned to reduce the time to treatment, hospitalizations, ICU, and deaths; (g) when will the results of the preliminary investigation in First Nations communities be available, specifically, (i) how many Aboriginal communities in Canada have a revised H1N1 pandemic influenza plan, (ii) how many have tested their plan, (iii) how many have necessary supplies in place; (h) what specific actions have been undertaken to address the fact that only two of 30 communities in northern Manitoba had a pandemic plan, and none had been tested; (i) where did the Minister of Health obtain the 90 percent figure she used in her August 28 response letter to Drs Bennett and Duncan; (j) what funding have Aboriginal communities requested, and what additional funds have been made available to Aboriginal communities for pandemic planning and response in 2009; (k) is there any encouragement to identify vulnerable people, such as pregnant women and those with underlying medical conditions, to take additional precautions, specifically, (i) how many communities lack necessary clean water for infection control measur ...

[19] The Council invites the Commission "to set up, as soon as possible, an operational task force, first of all to carry out preliminary examinations in order to develop possible options for a specific information exchange system and, secondly, to provide advice on the most appropriate and cost-effective technical support for the information exchange system, including the possibility of using a specific application of the Internal Market Information System (IMI)" , Council Conclusions of 9 June 2008 (9935/08, SOC 316), p. 3.

It was not appropriate to ask the International Joint Commission (IJC) to determine whether the federal project was compliant with the provisions of the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty (BWT) when the plan was still at a preliminary stage.