Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank all the witnesses for helping us understand the problem and look for solutions.
I will mainly address Mr. Soulez and Mr. Cloutier.
Dr. Soulez, last time we met, we were going through the third wave of the pandemic, and we talked about structural issues. Today, when I am told about workforce retention issues in relation to work conditions, I realize that we are not experiencing economic issues, but rather pre-pandemic issues, which the pandemic has exacerbated. So these are structural problems.
In that sense, aren't structural solutions required?
Add to that the issue of chronic underfunding. During the first wave, it was said that chronic underfunding had made us fragile. We are currently going through an apocalyptic situation. There is a time bomb in health care networks that may affect us over the next 10 years.
So shouldn't we be talking about structural funding?
Dr. Soulez, I will let you answer this first question. I will then turn to Mr. Cloutier.