Thank you, Madam Chair; I have a different line of questioning.
I appreciate the panel's input here. I have some experience in corporate system re-engineering, so I was struck by the comments from both Dr. Martin and Dr. Bowmer about system re-engineering. What's occurring to me is that the IMGs may not be seen as the patient in this re-engineering. I know that some of the facilities have patient-centred care initiatives to do improvements in the provision of service to patients, but in fact in a way the IMGs are at the centre of this, because if the IMGs are served, then our system is served and Canadian patients are served.
This is very complex and interjurisdictional. There are success stories here and there, and there are pipeline blockages here and there. It's a complex system breakdown. In provincial politics I heard lots about this almost ten years ago, and I'm sure the problem began before that.
Is there a system engineering organization or framework for looking at this as a system design problem, a way to cross jurisdictions and put the IMGs, those humans who are driving taxis and so on, at the centre of it? I'd like an answer to that, and if there isn't, would that be something that you would recommend? And do you have any thoughts about how to do it, or who could do it, or what kind of framework could do it?
Thank you.