Our association thinks that the simple guarantee, in and of itself, is not the answer, because it's really based on people travelling, maybe even to the United States, where costs are more expensive.
I think we are making progress in Canada. The real issue will be measuring performance. In other words, we're going to have a parliamentary review at the end of this year, according to the legislation that introduced the funding under the 2004 health accord. We're performing many, many more procedures than we did in the past. The problem is that there is greater demand, greater need.
We also, though, have evidence of more efficient ways of doing things. Dr. Frank, in Alberta, showed that he can cut the waiting list to seven weeks by having an integrated list, taking people out of the lineup who are on three different lists and making sure they have physio if that's their solution, or lose weight if that's their solution. In other words, there are multiple solutions, so a guarantee, in and of itself, isn't going to do it. It's the last thing you would do, it seems to me, not the first thing. Let's make the progress we're making and work on it together.