Thank you, Madam Chair.
I'm curious about how the recent changes to Ontario recruitment and retention abilities have affected the aboriginal communities in Ontario. I come from the riding of Barrie, where we have huge physician shortages. They came out two weeks ago with changes that said if you no longer meet the rural index they will no longer be able to offer tuition paybacks or incentive grants. In my community that means $55,000 that the community can no longer offer, and 17 doctors in my riding are affected by that.
Is this affecting areas with aboriginal populations, and is it something you were able to use as an incentive previously? Is it something that the province didn't make available?