My second question is for Mr. Pekeles.
Overall, your submission to the committee is quite interesting. However, I think you're speaking to the wrong people. As I see it, your focus is primarily on issues that fall under Quebec and provincial jurisdiction. Let me just give you a few examples. In your submission, you mention a federal, provincial and territorial injury prevention strategy. That is an area that comes under the exclusive jurisdiction of Quebec and the provinces. The same is true of childhood immunization programs as well as the national mental health and mental illness strategy in Canada. Further on in your submission, you recommend that the federal government get involved in school-based strategies. In my opinion, these recommendations do not take into account the way in which government jurisdictions have been defined in Canada.
Wouldn't it be simpler to address the fiscal imbalance, so that all provinces can meet their obligations? In the process, jurisdictions would be better respected. Instead of recommending that the federal government take action in these sectors and increase the complexity of the administrative structure, wouldn't it be more effective for the provincial government to assume responsibility for these matters, given its expertise in the health field?