Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'm going to come back with the question I originally asked, because I think it follows on Mr. Lizon's question. The question Mr. Lizon asked was, basically, is it possible to share best practices. The other question is, why aren't all provinces doing it? I'm going to ask it again.
When the 2004 health accord was signed, money was given to all provinces on a proportional basis to initiate this. Why didn't they all do it? That is my question. Were there any challenges other than lack of money?
I was given some very good examples by Mr. Thompson with regard to aboriginal peoples for whom the federal government is personally responsible, and I still didn't get an answer from the federal government about why they didn't get doing this in 2004, even given the challenges you told me about, Mr. Thompson, with regard to infrastructure needs, etc. So I'm asking it again.
This isn't only about innovation for innovation's sake, right? This was all meant to be able to look at how we can sustain medicare, how we can bring down costs, how we can have better chronic care, fewer hospital beds, and people who live in isolated and rural areas having better access to health care.
This is all a part of a really big question. I still haven't got the answer as to why everybody didn't do what they were supposed to do with that portion of money allocated in the 2004 health accord. I'm still asking that question, and I would really like to get an answer.
Maybe you guys are the wrong people to give me the answer, but I'm still trying to figure that one out, because it hasn't happened really. Some people have done well, but other provinces have ignored that. What did they do with the money?