Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thanks very much, Minister, for coming back and speaking with us again on this very important issue. I know that the whole committee, as well as all Canadians, are certainly concerned about it. I'm glad to see that we are progressing as quickly as we are and as successfully as we are.
One of the things that I was really pleased to hear you say in your opening remarks, Minister, was your step-by-step rationale for going through what's happening to address the issue of the H1N1. You talked about understanding how it spreads, who are the most vulnerable, recognizing those things, and making sure there is a plan in place and recognizing what that plan is: communicating to the public, collaborating with the territories and provinces, and the international aspect of the whole thing. I think all of those things are very good, and I think they are what is going to make this H1N1 issue manageable for this country.
I certainly don't have experience in pandemic planning, but as a municipal mayor for many years, I've had many courses on emergency planning and the role of the different levels of government. I think it's critical that we are able to collaborate and that everybody understands what their role is, because this isn't a federal problem, this is a problem at every level of government. Whether it is the municipal, provincial, or federal level, I think it's something wherein everybody has to understand what their role is and they have to clearly be able to implement their role. So I think it's good that we're talking today and we're talking in particular on first nations issues and the issues as they may apply specifically to those areas.
One thing you talked about was communication with the public. Although I didn't jot it down, I thought I heard you say in your remarks that you were doing some first nations publications. If I did, could you elaborate on that and tell me a little bit more about how that's happening, and how they're being distributed, who it goes to, and how the people in the first nations areas can access those publications?