Thank you, Madam Chair.
Yesterday, along with my colleague Mr. Dufour and the leader of the Bloc Québécois, Gilles Duceppe, I talked to a number of medical students. In our discussions, one of them told us that most places set aside for aboriginal students in medical schools remain unused.
I would simply like to know your position in this regard, particularly Dr. Strasser. I understand that the system established at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine works. I think the places set aside for aboriginal students are being used. I would like to have your comments on this.
With your permission, Madam Chair, I will now ask my second question. Dr. Strasser talked about his involvement with an international panel on the practice of medicine in rural areas. I would like to have more details on what is being done in that regard elsewhere in the world.