Senate Subcomittee on Population Health (2009). A Healthy, Productive Canada: A Determinant of Health Approach. Ottawa, ON, The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology.
"We must change our way of thinking and recognize that good health comes from a variety of factors and influences, 75 percent of which are not related to the health care delivery system. Therefore we must become proactive and support communities, cities, provinces, territories and a country in producing citizens in good health, physical and mental well-being and productivity. Passively waiting for illness and disease to occur and then trying to cope with it through the health care delivery system, is simply not an option. Hence, we must address all of the factors that influence health and through a population health approach, overcome inequities and foster well being and productivity."