Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to continue the discussion on the aboriginal clientele, for which the federal government is the first level responsible in health. This week, the committee heard from representatives of the Wait Time Alliance, the organization that is supposed to provide information on the evaluation that was done on the achievement of the objectives of the 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care.
As regards aboriginal people, no one had any information to submit to us on follow-up to the five priorities of the wait plans or on operations. On a number of occasions, I tried to question various witnesses who appeared before the committee regarding the 10-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care so that they could show the government is serious. Earlier you told my colleague, Ms. Bennett, that you wanted to revolutionize the health system, but one witness said it is quite hard to revolutionize it when you don't have any data.
I particularly emphasize the case of aboriginal people, since you are responsible for their health and that is not a provincial jurisdiction. What are you doing to correct this lack of data? Do they need more support? We're talking about cuts to the main estimates. Are you able to help them more than you are doing now? Could there be a new plan in three or four years without you having achieved the desired objectives?