Mr. Chair, I'd like to address perhaps the first question on the pan-Canadian health human resources strategy. Yes, Health Canada is very aware of this strategy and very proud of the work that we have done with the provinces and territories over the years on the development of this strategy.
Perhaps it was garbled in the time that I was having a choking attack and getting over my cold, but one of the pieces of work that Health Canada leads, and in fact we are the co-chair with the Province of Manitoba, is with the federal-provincial-territorial advisory committee on health delivery and human resources. That is a committee that reports directly to the conference of deputy ministers of health. Their work is guided by the health human resources strategy. The provinces work very closely together with the federal government in areas such as planning, identifying health service needs, sharing information.