Thank you.
We are talking about children's health, but it is important to talk about healthcare funding. In fact, an important meeting is taking place today between the provincial premiers and the federal government.
I have the feeling that our healthcare systems have been underfunded for a long time, that the provinces had been experiencing shortfalls in federal transfers for a long time, and that, to a certain extent, children paid for adults during the pandemic. That is, to protect adults, who had more serious symptoms of COVID‑19, we closed the schools because the hospitals did not have sufficient capacity.
I wonder whether the chronic underfunding of our healthcare system ultimately caused indirect harm to children's health. This is important, because it is a federal responsibility. Children's health itself is not, but healthcare funding is.
Do you agree with my interpretation?