I'll start with Grand Chief Kyikavichik.
Ken, thank you for presenting here today. I think you brought us a lot of information, a lot of real-life scenarios and many things that I've also experienced and heard about.
We heard from the federal minister, who talked about the areas that they want to focus on, but there's one area that concerns me, and I want you to let us know if this is an area that you've had to deal with. It's regarding escorts. More specifically, it's about people who are medevaced out. They're usually in critical condition and on a stretcher. They're taken from the health centre and sent south. They don't have an escort. They're there for emergency purposes.
When things turn around, when they're better or it's time for them to go home, because they never came with an escort, they can't have an escort to leave. The hospital brings them to the door and says, “Okay, sir,” or “Okay, madam, it's time for you to go.” A lot of times they're not dressed properly or they don't speak the English language well enough. There are a couple of horror stories that I've encountered over the last while.
Can you talk about that as an area that maybe we need to start really focusing on to make sure that escorts are provided? For me as an MP, the biggest issue on medical travel is the issue of escorts.