Sure. I think right now, if we look across the country, different data elements related to children's health are being collected by different jurisdictions. They have different levels of access for folks like researchers, or for program and service providers and policy-makers. We're looking for more of a robust, continuous, integrated data strategy that would be accessible to all those different communities to help us make better, evidence-informed, more timely decisions for children and youth.
Throughout the “inspiring healthy futures” consultations, we heard a number of calls to action. We agree that Canada needs to develop and implement a consistent, comprehensive dataset, regardless of where services are provided, which is comparable across different jurisdictions, whether it's health, health care or health outcomes, and linked to our education data as well. We also need to ensure that the folks who are impacted by this data are included in the design of the data and that we respect indigenous data sovereignty.
The third element is that we need to make sure, as I said, that all of this data is accessible to the different stakeholders who can make use of it, so that it is supporting evidence-based decisions.