I'd like to thank the witnesses for their testimony. We're hearing you loud and clear about the need, not only to ensure the prices and the costs are done more efficiently, but also the need to catch up in terms of what our government is providing.
When we're looking at some of the issues that are in the northern areas or rural and indigenous communities, one of the things that often comes into my head when I'm thinking about these problems is that often the challenge is that we have to travel as indigenous people to find the services elsewhere.
On the underlying issue of capacity on reserves or in the north, what can we do as a government to try to ensure that communities have the capacity so their community members don't have to travel off reserve or from the north? Is there a way in which we can work with universities? Is there a way we can create programs that increase the amount of indigenous participation in health?
Can you talk to us a little bit about any best practices out there in Canada right now that are working to increase the number of participants we have from the indigenous communities in the health studies?
I guess we could start with Ms. Lidstone-Jones.