Some see shale gas in the U.S. as contributing to the eventual U.S. recovery in two ways. One of these is cheaper energy, which is good for the economy broadly, but there's also the creation of jobs associated with it. I think that's something we have to watch and be aware of in Canada.
On the health care side, Doctor, I appreciate your intervention and your saying that you'd hope that the government moves quickly on the 2014 health care accord. I'd say it's very late in the game. Leading up to the 2004 health care accord took a lot of negotiation with the provincial governments, a lot of consultation, a lot of work. I was speaking with a provincial finance minister earlier today, who expressed to me that there's very little dialogue going on currently. He actually expressed that in the government's unilateral decision to reduce the growth of transfers to the provinces for health care, the government in fact lost an opportunity to leverage on that discussion in order to demand greater accountability.
Do you see that as the federal government actually pulling back from its traditional role not just in funding, but also in terms of accountability?