Thank you for your comments, and above all for the picture you have painted of aboriginal health, especially with regard to the quality of their nutrition. You present a very disturbing and worrisome report. We need to make a concerted effort to redress this situation.
You mentioned a global plan. Given the number of challenges that all the aboriginal communities need to address, what timeline do you have in mind to really make some adjustments before you can alter the reality of Aboriginal people? How do you rate Health Canada's follow-through in terms of the challenges you have to deal with? You mentioned transportation, improved nutrition, better sports equipment, poverty and affordable housing. This represents many challenges and is part of the government's responsibilities. Whether the Liberals or the Conservatives were in power doesn't really matter because they failed miserably and the outcome is disastrous.
Different communities have different expectations; they have programs that are better suited to them. We will need to sit down with federal government representatives and with health authorities in order to establish an action plan.
How long will it take to meet all these needs? Have you assessed it? This is a rather long question, isn't it?