Yes, that's absolutely true.
In my own case, I arrived in the job just as the last SARS cases were being dealt with. It was evident that our branch, the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, learned a lesson from that. We said it was absolutely important that we started on pandemic planning.
We didn't have any resources to do that, so we organized ourselves to start in on pandemic planning. When resources were made available in due course, we started with information sessions to try to build awareness. One of the witnesses did refer to some of those.
We think the communities have actually done pretty well to get to the point they are now. It all comes down to the test, as several of them have said, but a lot of effort has been put in by communities. You heard it today. They haven't necessarily always waited for us, which is a good thing. We've been able to enhance some of their efforts in some cases.
I would say that generally speaking they have done a good job. There is almost no comparison between now and SARS.