Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I too want to welcome you here. It's been a good discussion so far. I had the privilege of being a board member of the Saskatchewan Health Information Network 13 years ago when it was first created. It seems to me that some of the compelling reasons we had for creating...Treasury Board was to address the challenges of providing equitable health services to individuals living in both rural and remote communities, and also wanting to move from a provider-centred health system to one that does prioritize itself to the patient, as you've mentioned.
I guess seeing where we are today, seeing all of the progress we've made and hearing some of the examples that Health Canada has shared with us, what I'm wondering is, in terms of all of the partnerships that need to be developed when you're moving forward with an electronic health record.... Again, I recall having to get physicians onside, nurses onside, pharmacists onside, and developing platforms that were going to work for all of these different groups. It wasn't easy, and there was an observation that even if we had all of the financial resources in place, this was going to take time, and I think that's borne itself out.
I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about some of the challenges you faced, and in particular address some of the issues for our first nations communities.
If anybody else wants to add something to that, I'd open it up for that.