Thanks to all the witnesses.
Thank you, Mr. Marks, for your shout-out and training program provided to New Westminster, B.C. Anytime folks mention New Westminster, B.C., I'm very gratified.
I wanted to start with Ms. Guy. It was a very important presentation that you made particularly indicating that Canadians wait the longest for care, for access to social workers.
Last year I visited a community called La Loche in northern Saskatchewan that has lived through a lot of tragedy and trauma. The government had committed to increasing the number of social workers that they have in La Loche, but they still have just one very overloaded social worker trying to handle the needs of a community that needs much more support from social workers.
I'm wondering to what extent you've evaluated the shortage of the number of social workers that are actually needed in this country, and what other measures you might suggest to address that. La Loche is just one community where the shortage is very apparent. Some of the recommendations you are making obviously would address that.