Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses today. It's been a fascinating meeting so far, and I look forward to hearing more.
One thing I've been preoccupied by, in listening to some of the testimony today, is how much more valuable a health intervention is at some point early in a person's life, as early as possible, actually, particularly if they're dealing with adverse health conditions early on, like a rare disease or something like that. My questions are around that, about early intervention for people and how that can have a positive impact on the trajectory of their lives.
Last week, on our break week, I was fortunate enough to go to Canmore, Alberta, to take part in an organized activity with Spirit North, a sport organization. It's a charity that provides sport, physical activity and recreational opportunities to indigenous youth, first nations youth primarily, throughout Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. It was awesome to see so many smiling faces and to see so many young people loving and enjoying moving and physical activity.
My first question is for you, Ms. McKinney. I'm curious about specific interventions that would address and improve children's health issues from an indigenous perspective and how our government can more thoroughly address and support these types of interventions. Are there any studies, programs or policies that you see that have been making a difference and are things that we should do more of?