Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Everybody, thank you for your presentations. Hearing from you is greatly appreciated.
Definitely we have heard across this country how COVID-19 has consumed everything, and other diseases or illnesses have been totally forgotten. As we've seen and have heard, patients are not seeking care from hospitals or are not seeking care from their doctors when they're presenting with signs and symptoms, because of their fear that they might contract COVID-19 in some manner.
Dr. Wouters, thank you for your statement, when you talked about the exclusion of your researchers on the issue of the wage subsidies program. That's something we had tried to point out. When this program was brought out, a number of issues were missed, in particular small businesses that were sole practitioners, and so on. This is another one that we definitely need to be focusing on, because our health research is paramount for this country to progress and for the safety of all Canadians.
I thank you for your comment on that. We will bring that forward, or at least I will anyway.