Certainly longer-term visioning and planning are very helpful. Knowing what kinds of finances are available for health care and for other needs is of key importance.
I believe that we also need to think about what is included in the Canada Health Act and what is being funded through those transfer payments and through the health accord. We are going to be talking about some of the seniors issues, in relation to the health accord, that come up at forums across the country. I think it is very important for the government to hear some of those concerns and to know that in order to provide the kind of consistent services that help people to remain healthy, contributing members of their society and to reduce costs for things like long-term care, we do need to have consistent funding coming into the province and consistent ways of working together.