Thank you for the question. I'm more than happy to speak about the road to recovery initiative.
To the other part of your question speaking about options, as has been alluded to by all of the speakers, every individual has a different relationship with substances. There are different origins and different needs and those change over time. It's really important that we recognize that diversity and that every individual at any point in time is going to have different different needs and expectations. It's important that we make that easy to access.
The road to recovery initiative is a new, coordinated treatment program that we've launched at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver. It is focused on addiction treatment specifically, but really is about making treatment easy to access. It is challenging enough for somebody dealing with a substance use disorder and many of the other factors that come along with that to seek help and navigate the system. It is imperative that we, as those who are working in the system, make them as easy to access and navigate as possible.
Historically, at least in our province—and I think probably most places in North America—that has not been the case. It has not been easy to access or navigate these systems. They have often been quite siloed and challenging to work through.
The road to recovery system is about co-locating all of these various aspects of a treatment system under one roof, such that patients can flow through it seamlessly in a way that they can focus on themselves rather than the navigation. Whether that's accessing an outpatient clinic, a detox facility, short-term treatment or long-term housing and follow-up, it ensures that all these services work together in one cohesive way, so that individuals don't have to spend their time trying to piece those parts together.