Thank you.
Good morning. I am happy that you're here today. I'm going to go back to some questions that were asked earlier.
You do not seem to be saying that there is a causal link between extracting the oil sands and cancer. There may be an increase in Fort Chipewyan, for example, but that could be coincidence. You say that there is no direct link. I am wondering how I, myself, would react if someone were to say “perhaps” or “we may be”. That is not very reassuring for the local population. I would like to hear your comments on that.
Your mandate includes protecting public health. I would like to know if you put in place an action plan when the effect of the oil sands on public health was raised. Were the people living in the vicinity of oil sands operations screened? Do you have an action plan to prevent disease that may occur? Has Health Canada planned measures to reassure the population?