Thank you.
Again, welcome to both witnesses. I'm Joanne Thompson, the MP for St. John's East.
I have to start with the nursing union, because I began my career as a nurse and went back to it. It was part of my community work quite a number of years ago. I speak regularly with nurses in the province. I've been very active in trying to support certain community collaborative approaches, but nurses are the backbone of much of that work.
Thank you for the recommendations. Actually, I think they're incredibly helpful. The level of preparation is no surprise.
I want to give you the time to speak in more detail about all the priorities, probably, but also about the understanding that with the health transfer, which is quite spectacular, the federal government was able to work an arrangement with provinces and territories around accountability with regard to how the transfer of funds will be allocated. Within that context and the understanding that ultimately the delivery of services sits with the provinces and the territories, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts, please, on the real role that the federal government can play around that accountability and ensuring that there's particular focus in the funds on nursing and health care.