Maybe we should talk a bit about the numbers, and then flip over on the strategies. I heard you ask about the federal role and federal strategies, but I think you also asked more broadly about provincial-territorial strategies. I think at least two witnesses acknowledged that there has been considerable progress in the number of health professionals employed and the number who are in the pipeline. We have many who are still in training, and we expect the vast majority to go into practice.
You mentioned pediatric nephrology. I don't have here in front of me a full suite of statistics on the health professions, but between 2003 and 2007—the most recent years for which CIHI data are available—the total number of physicians increased by 7.1%. The comparable number for registered nurses is 11.7%. These are people actually in practice, employed.