Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Powlowski just spoke eloquently about prevention. However, to carry out prevention, you need medical staff, and to have medical staff, you need resources.
These resources have been largely taken up by COVID‑19 patients in recent years. Provinces have been forced to triage because of the lack of resources and, in some cases, people have even been denied access to doctors, particularly in order to prevent chronic diseases.
Does the Public Health Agency of Canada consider the lack of provincial staffing to be a public health issue?