These results were achieved thanks to the Réseau santé en français, but much work remains to be done. We would like to share with you some of the conditions we feel are essential to allow Franco-Saskatchewanians fair access to primary health care services in their own language: the reinforcement of the capacity of Franco-Saskatchewanian communities to plan primary health care services, and local, regional and provincial well-being; partnerships for well-being between governments and the community, along with a strategy on all health determinants; a substantial increase in collaborative agreements between various regional health authorities so as to consolidate and organize services intended for the Franco-Saskatchewanian community; conclusive data on the health of Franco-Saskatchewanians; stable and recurring funding from federal and provincial governments to fund consensus building and networking activities among the partners of the French health care system.
I would like to reiterate that our objective is to foster the conditions needed to ensure that health care users have access to good services and are served at the right time by the right care provider in the language of their choice. In order to do this, we need continued support from our main partner, the Société Santé en français, which cannot act without the cooperation and support of the Government of Canada.
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the standing committee, thank you very much.