The recommendation concerning diversity largely comes out of our Future of Medical Education undergraduate review. The data is very clear. We have only seen a greater polarization of medical students with respect to parental income; it is grossly misaligned with the averages for Canadians.
We know as well that representation of black populations within our medical schools or of Filipino populations doesn't fit. There are other areas—southeast Asian populations—that are misaligned. Part of this is about correcting disparities of the past. Really, it's that, writ large. Do rural kids feel as drawn into medical school as urban kids? I come back to Irving's earlier comments about K to 12. A lot of the messaging really has to happen at that age, that a medical career is possible.
So whether you look at it in terms of geographic dimensions.... We really do look at diversity quite broadly. Geography, socio-economic status, ethnic diversity—these are all factors that we've not measured properly, I think, and we've had little in the way of a forum in which to formulate a plan. Not to be too circular in the thinking, by looking at a forum that first focuses on data, let's just get a clear picture of what the challenges are—