I'm not sure who you are addressing your question to, but you said “nurse”, so I'll jump in.
Welcome to this committee. You'll see it's the best committee on the Hill. It's very productive.
The federal government did it before, and we have to remind ourselves of that. The last crisis in health human resources was in 1997. There were round tables established by the federal government from 1997 to about 2008. Then we hit a recession and everything went down the drain. We had nursing sector studies, medical sector studies and allied health sector studies. We are way too small a country to expect 13 jurisdictions to have all the data, all the best practices and all the experts. That's where the federal government can come in: They can fund these projects.
I think Paul-Emile Cloutier said it well. We have to have accountability. Yes, the federal government needs to increase its share from 22% to 35%, but there has to be a plan, from long-term care to mental health to acute care.