I only want to repeat what Rob Oliphant said, that granted we really did believe we were repeating what had been said to us from your communities when we were in Manitoba in June, and then at the AFN in Calgary in July, in their request for flu kits and request for real resources, again kitimâkan, which I think is Cree for “I'm sorry”. We would never do anything to offend.
We did believe that raising attention for the really dire needs that we saw when we were there was uppermost in our minds. You need resources. It's inexcusable in terms of the overcrowding, the lack of water, the things that we know, and the fact that you've been told to wash your hands or take a bar of soap.... I mean, I think we felt that we were repeating what had been said by your people. If that is not the case, then that shouldn't have happened.
What I really want to know is this. From the time we met in Calgary at the AFN not only did you have some very serious concerns about resources, but I think Mr. Sanderson had some concerns about the scope of practice of the nurses in the various nursing units and health centres. Has that been rectified?