Here's the rub. I wouldn't worry about Ontario. The federal government has not flowed the half billion dollars that it promised the Health Infoway, so let's look into our own courtyard as it relates to this table.
While there are issues in e-health, and some of us are more aware of it than others, it doesn't take away from the concept that we're falling behind Europeans and others in a big way. We're talking about wanting to be a productive, successful country, and we are just not doing it. The further we move along, we will save costs and we will definitely improve the well-being of Canadians. The challenge is that most of the investments and the conversations are around physicians' offices--and we've poured billions into it so far--and in some pharma systems in B.C. and others.
We forget that in order to get full benefit we need a continuum of care. That's why we're saying we realize there isn't a lot of new money, but let's reprofile some money to do the home care and the community care component so we can get the full picture on whether this person can go back to their home or has to stay in the bed for another six months until a long-term care bed becomes available.
Now I will shut up.