Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Dr. Lynk, you talked about social and economic determinants. Our health care system was weakened before the pandemic and many people have come here to tell us that the pandemic exacerbated the problems related to child and youth health and well-being.
As my grandmother used to say, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and prevention starts with education. Even before the pandemic, the system had been weakened a great deal and we were barely able to meet the demand. So we do emergency medicine. On top of that, we're moving at breakneck speed, so Canada is having trouble ranking well with UNICEF. To get a good report card from UNICEF, we would need to invest in prevention.
With respect to infant mortality, obesity, suicide and immunization, Canada ranks in the bottom third despite the fact that it's a wealthy country. Do you believe the health transfer offer will cover the next 10 years and be enough to turn the tide from emergency medicine to preventive medicine, the key to restoring our health care systems?