Thanks.
Dr. Peachey, Wayne Gretzky famously said that the trick was to go where the puck was headed. I think the corollary to that is that it's important to know where we have come from in order to avoid problems from the past.
I note that in June 2010 this committee tabled a report entitled “Promoting Innovative Solutions to Health Human Resources Challenges.” In 2011, the federal government launched the health human resource strategy to “attract, prepare, deploy and retain highly skilled health care providers to give Canadians access to appropriate, timely, effective care now and in the future.” That was 11 years ago.
In addition to the federal role in providing funding for health care, the government also provides support to the federal/provincial/territorial committee on health workforce. In 2005, it launched the pan-Canadian health human resource strategy that—