Thank you, Chair. Thank you to the officials for continuing to be here today.
These are certainly important questions that we want to continue to try to have answers to.
I mentioned previously when the the ministers were here that the CMA president talked about how we have a system that is on the brink of collapse. I certainly would be more forceful with my words. I think we're in a system that's collapsing around us.
Sadly, as we've heard from the minister, there hasn't been an answer with respect to the promise of the Prime Minister of this country for 7,500 doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners. We may go ahead and say this isn't the purview of the federal government, but guess what. It was the Prime Minister who said that.
Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any answers with respect to how many of those folks are actually on the ground.
Dr. Lucas, if I might ask you that particular question, exactly how many of the 7,500 doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners have been hired?