Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Dr. Haeck, I'd like to start with you, please. A peer-reviewed journal article co-authored by you discussed the need for a “unified monitoring strategy” to address data gaps on childhood development indicators in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. You and your co-authors noted a lack of both intersectoral and longitudinal data.
There's going to be a lot of focus on data today, as the provinces gather with the federal government. I think we all acknowledge that the lack of unified longitudinal monitoring systems in most provinces and territories is cited as a barrier to the early implementation of preventative and therapeutic services.
The Manitoba population research data repository is provided as a positive model. Can you outline for us what the elements of Manitoba's data repository are that might make it successful?