I appreciate the question very much, because that is the issue, of course.
The way I like to think about it is to look at some of the European jurisdictions that have been more successful than ours has. By country, their health care systems rank higher than ours does in performance ratings, and they spend a smaller proportion of their GDP on health care. So they're doing a better job with less money. How are they doing it? They are doing it with three things. They are doing it with a very strong medical profession that's willing to put skin in the game and lead. I'm telling you, we are willing to do that and are doing that. The second thing is that we have to have strategic goals that go beyond sound bites and political cycles. There has to be an endgame and something we want to achieve. The third thing is a committed national government.
I think the jurisdictional wrangling that happens is a distraction. I think it's allowed us to avoid making some of these tough decisions. Certainly, there are aspects of health care that are a provincial responsibility, but the achievement of health for Canadians surely must be the responsibility of all levels of government. We're asking the federal government to be a partner at that table.