Madam Chair, I would like to thank the people here today who are answering our many, many questions.
My question is going to go back to Mr. Chartrand, please. Mrs. McLeod had a question regarding CIHR and aboriginal programs and so on. I think our understanding is that there are significant gaps between aboriginal people and the rest of the Canadian population when it comes to life expectancy, the rates of diabetes and other diseases, and hearing, sight, and speech issues.
Maybe we'll give you a little bit more time now, since you only had about 20 seconds to address some of that. Could you tell me about some of the innovative research that you may be looking at to help aboriginal people?