I would say a number of us have raised that. I can't remember the date, but I'd be happy to share with you an op-ed piece I published before the pandemic, in The Globe and Mail, that talked about this very topic. A number of us have been talking about this for a long time as we've seen, for example, pre-pandemic occupancy rates in hospitals of over 110%, and individual front-line providers have given us feedback about the conditions. Frankly, we've been very fortunate in this pandemic to be able to take that occupancy down so dramatically. That kind of occupancy rate, in and of itself, presents an infectious disease risk that greatly diminishes our effectiveness outside of COVID and with any other infectious disease as well.
This is not a new topic. It's a topic that has been undertaken for some period of time by a number of us. However, this has made it all the more obvious. I believe I heard the Prime Minister, in one of his daily updates, also recognize that we will need to revisit how these services are delivered. I would suggest that if that's the case, one has to look at the resources to do so.