Thank you.
We all know that we make decisions based on what we know when we make them. Based on that knowledge, we make our decisions. That leads us to data availability.
We've heard a number of witnesses who have come before the committee suggest that even though you've talked about the great collaboration with provinces and territories, there is a real lack of consistency in public health data that is publicly available and in real time. There have been questions about why the case definition wasn't the same for every province and why every self-assessment tool wasn't the same.
In light of this and some of the comments you've heard this afternoon, would you say there really is a need for the creation of a pan-Canadian public health surveillance system?