Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Minister, I'll try to be brief in order to give you ample opportunity to respond. I have two quick questions. The first may require a lengthier answer.
What is being done, Minister, to retain nurses in Canada? We've talked about recognition of credentials of foreign-trained physicians, but a key component of the government's commitment to shorten wait lists and provide a health care guarantee for patients will be the retention of nurses. I'm just wondering what the government is doing to retain nurses in Canada.
Hopefully you'll have time to answer this question as well. I'm just curious as to what the government is doing to fund research in the area of juvenile diabetes. An awful lot of research is done on type 2 diabetes. Probably greater than 90% of the patients have type 2 diabetes, and for that reason far more than 90% of the research dollars go into type 2. Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, is often neglected.
So two quick questions: what is the government doing to retain nurses, and what is the government doing to fund juvenile diabetes research?
Thank you.