Thank you for that question.
Geography does play a great factor in accessing primary health care, acute health care and ongoing treatments for health and well-being. The approach we've taken is the same as that of both my Métis colleagues across the country. As Ms. Chartrand has stated, leave no Métis behind. It is the same as Lee has stated: Leave no Métis behind.
We would like equitable.... Just take medical transportation as an example. Yes, we would like it to be equitable so that if you live in the Far North you have access to a medical taxi, medical transportation or an ambulance to bring you to a centre where your needs are going to be cared for and where your health care is going to be addressed.
We would have more prevention and screening for people whose health needs may be undiagnosed, and where people are diagnosed too late we would like to prevent that from happening. Yes, they accept the treatment, but maybe not because it's too far to travel.
We need cancer spaces, cancer lodges, for community members and their families, their caregivers, to be able come to an urban centre where they can comfortably receive their treatment, live their life through their cancer journey and be well cared for.