Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister, for being with us again today and for talking about some of these very important issues.
Minister, as you talked about in your comments, and as I think you're fully aware—you were out in Saskatchewan a few weeks ago—in my riding people travel great distances to access medical services to attend appointments. You talked about medical travel in your comments. There are a lot of people who rely on that in my riding in very significant ways. Because of the great distances, they are often hours and hours away from these appointments. In the last few weeks, on multiple occasions, I've heard from people who operate the medical taxi companies about how they're struggling with the increased costs of things like fuel. Those are exaggerated, obviously, in a remote location and with the distances. I see my colleague from the Bloc nodding, as we shared some common questions today in question period about remoteness. These are a lifeline for many of these people. If the medical taxi companies can't survive the increasing costs, that creates a whole new issue for us.
We heard from the vice-chief of the FSIN the other day about the ongoing reviews. We referenced them today as well. I'm curious as to whether there is anything going on in that process in the context of this medical taxi service. Is there some review that creates a fee that adjusts with fuel prices or anything that would help these businesses survive?