Through my meetings with first nations leader Grand Chief Atleo, as well as Minister Strahl, we agreed on the importance of coming up with an agreement on shared interest to communicate to the population and to the first nations communities. We signed that agreement in early fall; it was Minister Strahl, me, and Grand Chief Atleo. That is a protocol on communication, and to launch that we had the virtual summit with first nations communities across the country, to be able to respond to questions from people in remote communities on H1N1. Along with Dr. David Butler-Jones and Dr. Gully we were able to hear firsthand from first nations individuals and leaders in their communities what some of their issues and challenges were in responding to the pandemic plan.
Naturally, that will go beyond H1N1, on shared interest with the Grand Chief and chiefs across the country, and through Minister Strahl's office, to able to communicate with the first nations in isolated communities. I think it's the first of its kind in this country to be transparent in communicating information to the population that we serve, so I'm quite proud of that. The virtual summit was a good example of the importance of communicating correct information, based on science and so on, when you're dealing with a pandemic. That really demonstrated that.
Thank you.