Thank you, Madam Co-Chair.
Dr. Henderson, I'd like to start with you. I had the opportunity to visit your beautiful province in September, and while I was there I had the opportunity to meet with some members of the legislative assembly of Nova Scotia to talk about the intersection between the federal government and the provincial government specifically on health care.
One of the things they mentioned to me was that the current funding formula is not working very well for Nova Scotia because your demographics tend to lean heavily towards the elderly end of the spectrum. Of course, the complex care needs and the palliative care needs are, per capita, a bit more of a burden for the Province of Nova Scotia to bear.
You have identified how health care in Canada is in crisis. In my province of British Columbia, particularly on Vancouver Island, we do have a fairly high population of retirees as well. With what I've heard from the MLAs, do you have anything to add, from your perspective of having practised, on how that federal-provincial partnership is going?