Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for your hard work in preparing this report. We all know that the first nations and Inuit populations have more dental diseases than other populations and that the barriers can be less access to affordable, nutritious food, or education levels, but in budget 2017 we utilized programs with first nations and Inuit partners to educate indigenous oral health workers. On top of budget 2017, there was an additional investment of $45.4 million for the children's oral health initiative over five years.
Do you think these programs are going to help with those barriers?