Dear Friends,<\/p>\n
The All-Party Caucus on Co-operatives held its 7th meeting on Wednesday, March 25th, 2015. The theme of the meeting was \u201cHealth Care Co-operatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
I chaired this 7th meeting and welcomed the following invited guests: Ms. Vanessa Hammond, Chair of the Health Care Co-op Federation of Canada (HCCFC); Mr. Jean-Pierre Girard, a consultant on co-op and non-profit organizations); and Mr. Micha\u00ebl B\u00e9land, representing the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des coop\u00e9ratives de services \u00e0 domicile et de sant\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec (FCSDSQ). Several co-operators were in attendance from various organizations including YsOwl Maclure Co-op, Desjardins, Dalhousie University and La cooperative sant\u00e9 de Gatineau<\/p>\n
The HCCFC is the umbrella organization for health co-operatives across our country.<\/p>\n
The FCSDSQ brings together home care cooperatives, health cooperatives and non-profit organizations with a mandate to provide access to services through a social enterprise.<\/p>\n
Mr. Jean-Pierre Girard, a consultant on co-operatives and non-profit organizations, was the first to present on March 25th. Being the lead researcher and editor of an international report released during the Second International Summit of Co-operatives, held in Qu\u00e9bec City in October 2014, he provided an international perspective on co-ops and mutuals in the health and social care sector.<\/p>\n
This international survey, which covers 59 countries around the world, is entitled \u201cBetter Health & Social Care: How are Co-ops & Mutuals Boosting Innovation & Access Worldwide?\u201d It can be consulted at http:\/\/mauril.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41718098e627e170c31ea981&id=fc86cc3629&e=e0b722a911<\/a> (Please note the report is only available in English).<\/p>\n Mr. Girard stated that the survey confirms that the co-op model is excellent for developing health services around the world. He also mentioned that mutuals are very active in the development of health services, and he outlined the importance of using the innovative co-op model to help foster a health environment focused on promotion and prevention.<\/p>\n A brief Q&A about the survey with Mr. Girard is available at<\/p>\n http:\/\/mauril.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41718098e627e170c31ea981&id=a16ad02bcc&e=e0b722a911<\/a><\/p>\n Ms. Vanessa Hammond, Chair of the HCCFC, provided an overview of her organization and briefly highlighted the different types of activities that health care co-operatives undertake. There are interesting things happening in the area of health co-operatives, and I look forward to hearing more about them. Knowing that health care co-operatives are really making a notable difference in their community, I encourage you to learn more about this burgeoning sub-sector. You can access Ms. Hammond\u2019s presentation via the following link http:\/\/mauril.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b41718098e627e170c31ea981&id=4b9aec1a37&e=e0b722a911<\/a> .<\/p>\n Mr. Micha\u00ebl B\u00e9land, representing la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des coop\u00e9ratives de services \u00e0 domicile et de sant\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec (FCSDSQ), was the last to address the caucus. He explained that the Quebec federation has three pillars to their activities being Health Care, Home Care and Paramedics. I find quite impressive the scope of their work and I encourage you to consult Mr. B\u00e9land\u2019s speech via the following link http:\/\/mauril.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=b41718098e627e170c31ea981&id=52c1c59cfb&e=e0b722a911<\/a> .<\/p>\n At the end of the meeting I thanked everyone for attending and our guests for their valuable insights.<\/p>\n Our plan moving forward is to organize two other meetings of the All-Party Caucus on Co-operatives before the end of the parliamentary session.<\/p>\n As usual, I will keep you informed of my other co-op related activities.<\/p>\n Mauril<\/p>\n Honourable Mauril B\u00e9langer, M.P. for Ottawa\u2014Vanier Liberal Advocate for Co-operatives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Friends, The All-Party Caucus on Co-operatives held its 7th meeting on Wednesday, March 25th, 2015. The theme of the meeting was \u201cHealth Care Co-operatives.\u201d I chaired this 7th meeting and welcomed the following invited guests: Ms. Vanessa Hammond, Chair of the Health Care Co-op Federation of Canada (HCCFC); Mr. Jean-Pierre Girard, a consultant on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":235331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238382,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238136\/revisions\/238382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada.coop\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}