Absolutely.
We have been working on implementing that observatory for about two years. We have consulted data-gathering organizations. Our minister also held discussions with provinces and territories in the fall. Everyone has agreed to move forward with the initiative, and our partnership has enabled us to have a good national overview of the opioid crisis. However, we must take things even further.
Currently, provinces and territories provide us with their data on opioid-related deaths and hospitalizations. However, that data should be cross-referenced with other information we provide to our partners in order to have a more complete picture.
The observatory's goal is really to ensure that every organization currently gathering data continue to do so, but that another organization compile all that data to provide the overview we need. We are working with Statistics Canada to implement that process.