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Pandemic lockdowns had a negative impact on Canadian children's mental and physical health that continues to linger, according to expert testimony at a parliamentary committee on Sept. 29.
"Canada's children and youth have borne the brunt," said Bruce Squires, president of McMaster Children's Hospital of Hamilton, at an appearance before the Standing Committee on Health, which was studying children's health.
"Their development—physical, emotional, social, spiritual—has been impacted severely by learning loss, reductions in access to physical activity, social isolation and delays in access to care. The data are striking," he added, mentioning that some children have been waiting up to two and a half years to access specialized mental health services....