Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I, too, join my colleagues in welcoming you here and thanking you for being here to share with us your experience and the work you do.
I can't believe it, but it was 15 years ago that I was a member of the board for the Saskatchewan Health Information Network. It seems to me that we were talking about so many of the things that we continue to talk about today. I know at the time we recognized it was going to be a huge financial investment, that even if we had all the money we needed, we were not going to be able to do it quickly. One of the challenges at that time was to create that connectivity, not only within hospitals and within health regions, but within the province. So you had to start by taking very small steps.
Dr. Price, you've mentioned some of the issues, such as no common data, the limited ability to share across jurisdictions, and the need for protecting privacy. Mr. Lepage, you talked about the fact that we spent a decade developing standards. I think we needed to spend time developing standards for the very reasons that Dr. Price has pointed out. But I'm wondering if you could share with us if there are any disciplines within the health sector that are doing it well. I'm thinking, in particular, about pharmacy. There have been some huge gains in pharmacy in this area, and perhaps there are others you could share with us.