Good morning, gentlemen.
I have been told, rightly or wrongly, that although Health Canada has 10,000 public servants in its employ, it does not actually run a single hospital. Yet it is in hospitals that the real problems are to be found. Furthermore, I noticed that the results that you shared with us actually only concern primary care. Like my colleague from the NDP, I am concerned by the difference between the number of projects in Quebec compared to the rest of Canada.
You told us that the Société Santé en français is responsible for choosing the projects. I would like you to elucidate further. Do the communities themselves launch the projects? Why is it that, proportionately, there are so few projects in French language minority communities outside of Quebec? How is the funding allocated?
Furthermore, the official languages interim report informs us of a three-million dollar loss attributed to funding delays. I would like you to explain how this can be justified.