Certainly when we look at cost for northern transportation, it's astronomical, and typically has been, but even the ease of that process.... Persons might have to go from The Pas, down to Winnipeg, and then get up to Thompson, so there's a lot of rerouting. We know opportunities are always lost the moment that people are not essentially handed off door-to-door, so I think that is a growing concern. We're continuously advocating for, certainly, more services and more ability.
I always say we need to not only have the local service, not just transportation, but we also need to have the expertise supported within those regions. One thing that we're doing is within our RAAM clinic models. We haven't really spoken about those yet, but those are rapid access to addiction medicine clinics. We are providing services for crystal meth as well as other substances. We have those five pilot sites located in Thompson, Brandon and Selkirk, and then in Winnipeg.
We're trying to infiltrate within those areas and start building capacity. One of the areas that I do other work in is with international medical graduates, who are a large portion of the providers within our rural areas within Manitoba. Building connections and support through that avenue is another way to assist with that. Again, I think we need to consider when it comes to finances that aspect as well.