Thank you for your question.
I would come back to mental health. One of Uashat Mak Mani‑Utenam's priorities would be to invest in mental health programming for youth. Those programs do not exist in our community right now, and I don't think the provincial landscape is much better. We are really in need of those services because we are seeing children in psychological distress at a very early age, even at the elementary school level. Substance abuse is another major problem in the community.
Care and services related to chronic illnesses would be another priority, including promotion, prevention and even healing. Another concern is access to medical supplies and equipment, as well as pharmaceuticals, because the application and approval processes should be streamlined, and that is true for all benefit claims.
Memorandum of understanding should be established with the various care providers, whether dental care providers or private clinics, to streamline the process and ease the burden on patients. It is also important to ensure that culturally safe health care services are available. We need funding to ensure that our own expertise in healing is recognized, particularly for services provided in the community, and we should be allowed to develop our own eligibility criteria in that regard.
Those are the issues I would flag at this time.