Hi, Dr. Kendall. It's Carolyn Bennett.
I wanted to congratulate you on the great work you're doing with the Public Health Network. I think your leadership has been hugely important. I guess I want to say I sleep better in my bed at night, knowing that you guys are there worrying about all of these things, In particular, I think that federal-provincial collaboration at your level has been way better than what we've seen before.
What we're hearing is concern that some of the other partners haven't necessarily felt included, in terms of the cities, but also some of the stakeholder groups, whether it's the chiefs or the family doctors, the people who are going to have to actually implement this plan. They aren't feeling confident that they know where all of this fits, given all of the various committees that have been working hard.
So I'd like to know what keeps you awake at night. What are you worried about, as we go forward into the fall, in terms of the potential gaps? What do you see needs to be done in terms of the people to man this plan and in terms of the human resources? But also, do you think the people at your level, in terms of the provinces, feel they have enough money to do this out of their regular budgets? Do you think it would be appropriate for us to be calling on the federal government to ask for more money for some of the resources that people are clearly saying they need, whether for masks or training sessions or rollouts of these things, because just handing down guidelines without a training module, without a tool kit or any of these things.... Certainly the people we've been talking to across the country don't yet feel confident they know what they will have to do this fall.