I think it varies across Inuit regions as well. I live at the top of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and on a good day, without H1N1, we have no capacity. We have no hospital beds; we have one anesthetist, so additional ventilators won't really help us; and of course we always have the challenge of geography and weather. We don't know yet how we are going to immunize in our communities. Because we're an Inuit land claim within a province, we don't fall under the same umbrella of service of Health Canada as many other places do. They won't be looking to send us additional resources, and so we will have to work ourselves and try to ensure that it is delivered.
On August 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.