Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to put a question to the Canadian Medical Association and the Canadian Nurses Association.
First of all, thank you for raising the issue of long-term care and indigenous health in your submission. I certainly believe the federal government has a role to play in supporting long-term care, especially when it comes to small jurisdictions such as the one I represent, the Northwest Territories. I've watched all my life as a lot of people in my communities have to go to centres that are located either in the south or in regional centres. Our challenge is that we have to eat different foods, not everybody speaks the same language and patients are away from their friends and family. It's heartbreaking.
We have to start looking at doing things differently. I've talked to the Government of the Northwest Territories, which has been working with indigenous governments, the Métis, the first nations and the Inuit, and it's apparent that the federal government has a role to play if we're going to do any justice to this issue and start providing better support.
How do you envision indigenous governments getting involved in supporting and addressing the issue of long-term care?