To clarify that, I think one needs to be well aware that the territories and provinces deliver health care to Inuit people. Health Canada does not deliver health care to Inuit people; we deliver health care to first nations reserves. The territories and the provinces with Inuit populations receive their funding through health transfers, which we've increased by 6% annually. Each jurisdiction will then allocate that funding, depending on the issues, programs, and priorities within their own respective jurisdictions, to address important health issues.
I'll use a quote from the government:
The Government of Nunavut has a successful tuberculosis program in place that meets or exceeds the Canadian standards. “98% of tuberculosis patients in Nunavut complete treatment compared to [other jurisdictions]....”
There are initiatives undertaken by each jurisdiction, but I should note again that Health Canada will continue to transfer funding to provinces and territories. We have not cut health care transfers, as we saw in the 1990s.
We will continue to make the investments to ensure that there are better health outcomes, as I described earlier in my first response.