Thanks, Madam Chairperson.
Let's go back to health human resource strategies for a moment. I know you've said that there is money that will continue, but I didn't get any answer about a plan. I think we really need to know where the focal point in the federal government is with respect to this dire situation--a serious shortage on many, many fronts. Just today the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science held a press conference and talked about the critical shortage there and the fact that half of our technologists are eligible to retire in eight years, yet there's no plan to recruit and augment and ensure an adequate supply of technologists, who are vital for the whole system.
For my first question, one of the concerns of this organization is that a focus on clinical education was part of this 10-year accord and part of the health human resource strategy. According to this organization, there's a significant shortage of clinical instructors. Once someone in this field has completed the initial training and goes into the clinical world, we just don't have the capacity to provide them with on-the-job training and education. That's something that's been raised for many years as part of the health human resource strategy.
Where is that issue of clinical instruction in the health human resource strategy specifically, and where is the plan for dealing with shortages in all health care professional fields for the next five years?