Motion - Health Committee to review elevated rates of TB infection in First Nations and Inuit communities

As passed by the Standing Committee on Health on March 11 2010:

It was agreed, — That the Health Committee conduct a study of the elevated rates of tuberculosis infection in First Nations and Inuit communities and report its conclusions, including recommendations toward a national strategy to eradicate this disease, to the House of Commons, and that this topic be added to the priority list for consideration when all parties lists have been reviewed or received.

As a consequence, Health Committee is devoting its April 20 meeting to the tuberculosis situation.