Thank you, Chair.
I want to talk a little bit about resourcing and trying to reduce the wait times to get at that part of the frustration.
There's a shortage of doctors and nurses across the country. The most extreme situation I've seen is in Cape Breton, where they're missing 52 emergency room physicians and a vascular surgeon. If you cut an artery, you will either lose a limb or die because they can't get you to Halifax in time. Across the country we're seeing nursing shortages.
I have two questions. The first one is this: What is the correct ratio of nurses to patients that we should be trying to put into place for the various levels of service, knowing that the ICU is different from emergency, etc.? Do you have any ideas on that one?