Thank you, Mr. Nolan.
I'm sorry about that. I have the rare privilege of asking a question now, because they've put me on the roster, which is very nice. Thank you, colleagues. I'm keeping time, right?
This has been a very interesting dialogue today. You know, what we're hearing is really about thinking outside the boxes. We talk about end-of-life issues and seniors issues being centred in the home. We talk about paramedics who can do things so that seniors don't have to go to a doctor's office and wait in line. They take blood pressures and administer IVs and do all those important things.
Dr. Rosenberg brought up an extremely important point, which was that a lot of our older citizens come from different ethnic communities—the Polish, the Ukrainian, the Chinese, etc. In five years, we are going to have more senior citizens than younger people in our country. We have to think differently.
Now, I wonder if one or two of you can make a comment or two, having looked at this myriad of paradigms that have shifted across our nation. We used to think of hospitals, doctors, and nurses. Now we're thinking of chiropractors, paramedics. We're thinking about a whole global community that can contribute in a major way.
I wanted to ask you if you think it would be useful to look at the innovations across this country and to use them to compile a list of best practices. We hear a lot of different things. We go through a lot of different things, everything from H1N1 to MS. You name it, we have it on this committee. I can hear all the committee members saying in unison that we need to think outside the box, in a more innovative way, to look at the best practices and include all these important health care components.
Then there's the education factor. Dr. Rosenberg, you were very astute when you made the observation that there are thousands of teachers graduating but not enough jobs even for hundreds. Is that right? I know my own daughter is going through health care now, and there are jobs all over the place. It's just where you fit in.
Could some of you comment on what my thoughts are on this question?
Mr. Nolan.