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Minutes of Proceedings

44th Parliament, 1st Session
Meeting 123
Thursday, June 13, 2024, 11:01 a.m. to 2:16 p.m.
Webcast
Presiding
Sean Casey, Chair (Liberal)

Library of Parliament
• Kelly Farrah, Analyst
• Tu-Quynh Trinh, Analyst
As an individual
• Dr. Jean M. Seely, Professor of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
• Dr. Martin J. Yaffe, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute, University of Toronto
Canadian Cancer Society
• Ciana Van Dusen, Advocacy Manager, Prevention and Early Detection
• Kelly Wilson Cull, Director, Advocacy
Canadian Society of Breast Imaging
• Dr. Supriya Kulkarni, President
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, April 11, 2024, the committee resumed its study of breast cancer screening guidelines.

At 11:03 a.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 11:05 a.m., the meeting resumed.

Jean Seely, Kelly Wilson Cull and Ciana Van Dusen made statements and answered questions.

At 12:03 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 12:07 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Martin Yaffe and Supriya Kulkarni made statements and answered questions.

Motion

Laila Goodridge moved, — That, given that the federally created Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care decided not to lower the breast cancer screening age guidelines, and that, Breast Cancer Canada said it was "deeply concerned" by the task force's guidelines, the committee report to the House that the decision by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care should be immediately reversed and breast cancer screening should be extended to women in their 40s, as this will help save lives.

Debate arose thereon.

Amendment

Marcus Powlowski moved, — That the motion be amended by replacing the word “reversed” with the word “reconsidered”; by replacing the words “breast cancer screening should be extended to women in their 40s, as this will help save lives” with the following: “consideration be given to extending breast cancer screening to women in their 40s, as this will, in the committee’s opinion, help save lives”.

Debate arose thereon.

At 1:08 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 1:38 p.m., the meeting resumed.

After debate, the question was put on the amendment of Marcus Powlowski and it was negatived, by a show of hands: YEAS: 5; NAYS: 6.

The committee resumed consideration of the motion of Laila Goodridge.

Amendment

Bonita Zarrillo moved, — That the motion be amended by adding the words “and so were the majority of witnesses,” after the words “by the task force’s guidelines,”; and by adding after the words “help save lives” the following: “; that the Minister of Health direct the task force to go back to the drawing board and revisit the guidelines based on the latest science; and that the Public Health Agency of Canada table to this committee the parameters given to the task force to update breast cancer screening guidelines”.

Debate arose thereon.

Subamendment

Yasir Naqvi moved, — That the amendment be amended by replacing the word “direct” with the word “urge”.

After debate, the question was put on the subamendment and the result of the vote was announced:

YEAS: Brendan Hanley, Arielle Kayabaga, Yasir Naqvi, Sonia Sidhu, Luc Thériault — 5;

NAYS: Stephen Ellis, Laila Goodridge, Robert Kitchen, Karen Vecchio, Bonita Zarrillo — 5.

Whereupon, the Chair voted in the affirmative.

Accordingly, the subamendment was agreed to.

The question was put on the amendment of Bonita Zarrillo, as amended, and it was agreed to on the following recorded division:

YEAS: Stephen Ellis, Laila Goodridge, Brendan Hanley, Arielle Kayabaga, Robert Kitchen, Yasir Naqvi, Sonia Sidhu, Luc Thériault, Karen Vecchio, Bonita Zarrillo — 10;

NAYS: — 0.

The question was put on the motion, as amended, and it was agreed to, by a show of hands: YEAS: 10; NAYS: 0.

The motion, as amended, read as follows:

That, given that the federally created Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care decided not to lower the breast cancer screening age guidelines, and that, Breast Cancer Canada said it was "deeply concerned" by the task force's guidelines, and so were the majority of witnesses, the committee report to the House that the decision by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care should be immediately reversed and breast cancer screening should be extended to women in their 40s, as this will help save lives; that the Minister of Health urge the task force to go back to the drawing board and revisit the guidelines based on the latest science; and that the Public Health Agency of Canada table to this committee the parameters given to the task force to update breast cancer screening guidelines.

It was agreed, — That the committee do now adjourn.

At 2:16 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.



Aimée Belmore
Clerk of the committee