Thank you.
Dr. Bourgeault, perhaps I can turn to you. In an op-ed from May 2021, which you co-authored with CFNU president Linda Silas, you said the following:
Most Canadians probably don't realize that we lack data on the most basic components of our health workforce.
We lack data about the scope of work of health care workers, and about the diversity of the workforce, such as Indigenous or racial identity and language of service. We don't know how different health teams work together or how can they be recruited, trained and retained where they are most needed.
In some critical sectors, such as home care, long-term care and mental health care, we don't even know how many workers there are.
You've spoken about data being siloed and about provinces and territories operating independently. What's the problem with provinces not knowing what's happening in the province next door, and how do you think national data collection, which you've described, would assist in that?