Madam Chair, if I may, just to add to that in terms of the request and the science, it's still very early to tell whether or not that is true, and if so, for what reasons, because we're not seeing that in other aboriginal communities.
To what extent what was experienced in northern Manitoba was a function of this being early in the outbreak and therefore being a little slower to come to the fore as opposed to other communities; whether it is a matter of underlying risk factors that we know put people at greater risk of severe disease, such as diabetes, chronic lung disease, smoking, obesity, pregnancy, etc.; or whether in fact it was in any way a genetic basis, we don't know, and it will take some time to figure that out. There won't be a quick answer to that.
Certainly in the Inuit communities we have seen less severe disease. In fact, there've been very few medivacs, very few hospitalizations, relative to the number of people affected. We don't know all of the answers to that, but what I can say is that we are focusing on it very carefully--the Public Health Agency, FNIHB, and the provinces and territories--and have a committee looking specifically at the issues of remote communities and how we need to adapt and address issues there.
So it doesn't matter what your ethnic background is; if you are at risk, we need to be able to address these issues. People need to be assured that for vaccinations and treatment with antivirals, we have plans in place to actually address those and then to respond when people are severely ill—if that happens to them.