Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being here.
We've covered a lot of ground and a lot of different subjects here so far this morning. I'd like to talk about something that we haven't mentioned yet, and that is dementia.
I have a personal interest in dementia. As you are probably aware, there are 747,000 Canadians who have dementia right now, and that number is expected to grow to 1.4 million by 2030. Presently it's costing Canada's health care system $33 billion per year, and that is expected to rise to $293 billion per year.
Madam Minister, can you tell me, do you support a national strategy for dementia?