The commission's final report is expected in November 2002. Romanow said did not intend to duplicate past studies, including the recent Clair commission in Quebec and the Fyke commission he established in Saskatchewan, which examined health care in those provinces. Instead, Romanow said he will draw on the information in those reports and add to the existing base of research. The Clair commission recommended Quebec should create a universal insurance system to pay for non-medical services for aging baby boomers. In Saskatchewan, the Fyke Commission report recommended closing 50 of the 70 hospitals across the province and focusing resources on 20 hospitals.
Provinces currently spend at least a third of their budgets on health.
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