I will begin with the question of the $269 million. Yes, the impact of those cuts will be felt more deeply over the next fiscal year. These reductions were announced in the 2005 budget. They therefore do not include the budget cuts in the Smoking Cessation Program that have just been announced. Those will be added to that amount. The effect will be mostly felt on non-insured services. The E-Health Program will be completely eliminated. We will therefore forgo new technologies in the communities.
In 2004, we were not consulted when $700 million in new investments were announced, which notably included the renewal of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative. On the other hand, we participated in the evaluation of the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative and we insisted that it be renewed. The amount of money allocated is much higher than before but we were not consulted on how the $700 million would be used. We are dissatisfied with the way in which communities have access to financing. For example, the First Nations communities will have access to only 4% of the $100 million allocated for human resources in the health sector over the four years of the Initiative. The budget is over four years because it was difficult to have it approved. We are quite dissatisfied with this.
With regard to the new Canada Health Guide, we are part of a small working group that the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch created with the Inuit. However, we were not really consulted on the contents of the Canada Health Guide but rather only on its presentation so as to ensure that the recommendations would be appropriate to the needs of the populations. We should really consider this issue. In-depth research would, however, be required to ensure that the recommendations are adequate rather than to presume that the rate of...