Thank you very much. I was the Minister of Health when we had the multiple health summits on racism in health care. I had an opportunity to listen to Ms. Echaquan's husband. Nobody should have to bear witness to a loved one getting treated like that in a health care centre, and it happens all too frequently.
As you know, we have plans to create co-developed health legislation with first nations people so that there is, again, a space where we can ensure that there are tools for first nations communities that want to, through the spirit of self-determination, provide health care services in culturally appropriate ways and ways that are closer to community. There are examples of that in B.C., of course, through the First Nations Health Authority, that have been really successful.
In terms of racism in general, when I was at the FSIN in Saskatchewan, I was happy to announce the funding of a position for a health ombudsman who would be able to receive complaints from first nations people in a safe and culturally appropriate way so that people can have confidence that they don't have to experience this kind of racism in their lives without a safe recourse under which they can take action.
Those are all just some of the responses that we have under way. I do think that some things don't seem as obvious that are maybe connected to racism—for example, working on economic development and ensuring that communities, like the many I visited on the east coast, have the opportunity to create their own source of revenue and contribute to their own communities and integrate with community members in a way that maybe looks different than it did even 10 years ago.
You know, ending racism is about the systemic racism that exists in health care, in policing and in government—