I want to turn to the community health representatives.
We also heard that this organization actually was providing much-needed support to the physicians and nurses in the first nations and Inuit communities. A lot of the witnesses indicated that front-line paraprofessional health care providers who undertake this education and the health promotion activities were no longer being supported by Health Canada.
Why did the government actually choose to no longer provide funding for the paraprofessionals, such as the community health representatives, and does Health Canada provide funding for other types of paraprofessionals who undertake similar tasks?