I think Canadians on average grossly overestimate how much actually gets shared with the federal government and across provinces. Depersonalized data is extremely important to identify where needs are and then to have people migrate toward where those needs are.
One of the things we saw in mid-pandemic waves, when there were huge spikes in acuity early in places like Quebec and Ontario, was the migration of providers who had skill sets that were needed in those communities, because there was good communication and people actually went to places where they were needed.
I believe that, if we start to have a faster cycling of that data, we can have the same sorts of responses for many other things. There is some amazing data being collected right now. Quebec actually has the most advanced patient-reported outcome measures in the country, in my estimation, and their dashboard is incredible for helping people on the ground understand what patients actually need.
How can we take those ways of collecting and scale them across the system but have the federal government fulfill its role as a coordinator and collaborating place for provinces and territories to work together?