Report of the committee
Thursday, October 31, 2024
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology has the honour to present its
TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT
Your committee, to which was referred Bill C-284, An Act to establish a national strategy for eye care, has, in obedience to the order of reference of Wednesday, May 29, 2024, examined the said bill and now reports the same without amendment but with certain observations, which are appended to this report.
Respectfully submitted,
RATNA OMIDVAR
Chair
Observations to the twenty-eighth report of the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Bill C-284)
Your committee has heard that Health Canada will effectively consult official language minority communities (OLMC) if this bill is duly passed. Your committee urges the federal government to fully respect its official languages obligations, including those set out in Part VII of the Official Languages Act, and expects an “official languages” lens to be applied in developing the proposed national strategy to support the prevention and treatment of eye disease.
Your committee notes that regular eye care follow-ups are not always systematically practiced. Your committee therefore proposes that the national strategy explicitly consider regular eye care follow-ups as part of its prevention methods.