Chair, I'm more than happy to provide a bit of information, and of course provide anything in writing as well, if this is not sufficient.
Thank you.
That's true. We did provide $1.6 million to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. You are correct. It was a broad and inclusive evidence-based assessment on autism. Many Canadians participated through multiple venues—the autistic community, caregivers, those living on the spectrum and parents, etc.—to try to inform the development of a strategy. It was 400 pages, and we are currently looking through the multiple areas of interest. There was an economic component that was further explored, as well as the social component. Access to services was very much a part of the conversation and the information that was put forward.
Building on this, though, the Public Health Agency of Canada is also continuing to engage with provinces and territories, indigenous people, etc., through various mechanisms to build on this report that's come forward. We'll be organizing a national conference on November 15 and 16 in an effort to build consensus, or at least come to ground on some of those key priority areas of action that the member has so eloquently flagged in his interventions.