I agree with Dr. Pei that Canada is already considered a leader. The world is watching us.
I think that some lead from the federal government is important. The Public Health Agency of Canada does not seem to be powerful enough in doing its coordinating and collaborative role within the government. I think their role as a leader could be strengthened, so there are consistent and sustained projects. We have small projects in a very disjointed way all over the place, little projects where the money runs out in two years, or leftover money. If we pull together in Canada, it could be just absolutely great.
The Canada FASD Research Network could somehow be assisted to bring Ontario and the maritime provinces into their network. They aren't at the moment. It's called CanFASD, but it's not CanFASD. If the government could assist their research role, but they have lots of other tentacles that could be worked out.
There were various examples in the past where there was funding from the national strategic fund, which used to exist, but I don't think exists anymore. There's something called Let's Talk FASD. I gave a copy of it to your clerk for your research people. It consists of parent-driven strategies, which are still valid even though the study was done years ago. But various things could be funded so that Canada pulls together, instead of just being a member of the world in FASD, which is very important, but I think the time is now for us to move together on this. Justice is off on its own, but needs to be brought in, Health and Justice together, and also Public Safety. So those three key things should be pulled together somehow.