I think that's the only solution at this point. The reason is that the life expectancy gap is not changing right now. It's not changing in its trajectory. It's actually getting worse. We need to be innovative in utilizing the very limited health resources that are already allocated and trying to add value to that. That's why we've tried to look internationally. That's why it's important for us to build internal capacity for ourselves and not be tied to a system that is going to look after its own and not necessarily look after us. It's not a system that has put first nations' interests at the top of the list.
We're at the margins of every socio-economic indicator that you can point to in this society. That reflects, from anybody who has independence in their political observations of health.... I think it's important to understand that. It's not going to simply change or tweak because we add a few first nations people in there.
We need to be at the nucleus of the decision-making and have control over that so we can hire the best minds and most seasoned veterans in health. They can take an approach that respects the jurisdiction and first nations patients, and does everything it can to maximize the very limited resources. We understand that's a very limited amount. We need to be able to deal with these things in a way that is going to maximize that impact. That's what we want to do.