Thank you, Madam Chair. Welcome back. It's nice to have you back with us.
And welcome to our minister and her guests this afternoon, the witnesses, with us. We're happy to have you.
I have to say that, as we all know, our government continues to put billions of dollars into helping to promote our population and promote a healthier population. It's a very important objective for all our age groups, regardless of whether it's children or adults, seniors, but it's also a very important objective for everyone. We know how hard we are all working towards trying to keep our population a little healthier.
The government had invested $730 million over five years through Budget 2010 to renew key aboriginal health programs. Having three reserves in my riding, I'm just wondering if you can explain for the committee how the investments are promoting health and preventing disease in the aboriginal population.