Thank you, Mr. Chair.
To start, I would like to focus on the Canadian Nurses Association, of course near and dear to my heart.
I would want to look backward first, then I want to look forward, and I want to ask just a quick question also around one of your recommendations.
I think everyone appreciates what you've said, and I think Canadians have heard this message consistently in terms of what needs to be done to reform the health care system.
We've had an accord from 2004 to 2014, significant additional dollars transferred to the provinces, significant dollars targeted at primary health care transition to do exactly what you talked about. I'd like you first to reflect: have we seen any changes over time? It sounds like we're still needing to do that same work, in spite of significant dollars over the last ten years towards that primary health care reform agenda.