Thank you.
The minister was before committee, and it was interesting that he didn't mention the words “Canada Health Act”, “medicare”, “universal health care”, or “national health care” once. So I do question where he's coming from, what the government agenda is. But you're right, maybe all we can do is hold them to account in an election.
I know there are other hands, but let me raise another question and then have you jump in. That is the question of health human resources, which I think, by everyone who has appeared before the committee, is probably the number one issue facing the health care system.
When the deputy ADM appeared before the committee at the start of these sessions, there was not a word from her, Karen Dodds on the health human resource strategy. When the minister was asked, he basically tried to suggest, “Oh, we're doing a bit in terms of foreign graduates, and really it's a provincial responsibility.”
I guess I would like to hear from Elisabeth, from Marlene and from Antonia, and of course Dr. Day, on what we put in this paper, this response to the 10-year accord, that will drive this agenda and move it forward. This spring we're at the end of the five-year health human resource strategy. The government has no commitment to put a new strategy in place. What are we going to do?
Let's start with Elisabeth, and then Marlene.