Thanks, Mr. Chair, and hello to my colleagues and to the witnesses today.
I've said this before. I forget the number of meetings we've had. I should know that offhand, but there's been plenty during this COVID pandemic. However, each of the witnesses has provided so much information and knowledge to us, to me and to the Canadian public, and I just want to thank you folks for this today.
I'm going to start my questioning with the Canadian Dental Association.
You have aha moments when you're asking questions or, more importantly, listening to the answers. Dr. Armstrong, you talked about looking at dentistry as many outpatients, and I found that to be an incredible aha moment for me in terms of reframing perceptions versus realities in health care. You made a really interesting comment, and I want to drill a little deep into it. You talked about the $3 billion that could be invested, or should be invested, into the province from the feds. I think you've alluded a little bit to it, but I want to give you this opportunity to maybe do a little deeper dive on what those specific elements, those areas of investment, would be.
A second question, and I'll stay with the Canadian Dental Association, is that dental services are beginning to resume across the country as are a lot of other health care services. Can you tell us what dentistry is going to look like in the next day, 24 hours or next couple of weeks, as opposed to pre-COVID?
Thank you very much.