Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
My questions are for the CNA.
Mr. Villeneuve, thank you for your work, the work of the organization and the work of all nurses across Canada. I especially have in mind all the local nurses in London, Ontario, especially those at LHSC and St. Joseph's, but all nurses beyond that too.
I wanted to ask you about this, sir. I read the statement that the CNA put out yesterday in response to the fall economic statement that Minister Freeland read in Parliament. I did see that the organization spoke positively about long-term care and what the government said about that, about all the work the government has done to procure PPE, and on public health when it comes to indigenous communities. That work is ongoing and positive.
I did see a couple of points that stood out to me in the press release and that the government can further act upon. One is the mental health of nurses. Could you speak to that issue and your concerns there?
I wonder if you would elaborate upon something else that you mentioned today: virtual health care. What would you want to see the federal government do to address that possibility?