I concur. We work with five partners: training institutions, healthcare professionals, the two levels of government and hospital managers. This is a large group of people we manage to bring to the same table in order to discuss health care. Honestly, I've got to say that if it weren't for this network, there would be nothing in the territories when it comes to healthcare services in French. Yesterday we calculated that in the Yukon, at any given moment, there is only the equivalent of 1.25 people working to offer bilingual services, which includes a person working from 8 a.m. to noon in the hospital to provide interpretation services. In the Yukon, you can only get sick in French in the morning. That gives you an idea of the situation.
There are no other services towards which you can direct these people. There are areas where the required percentage of services in French is not met. It is essential to maintain the network and even to increase its ability to act in the field. We have been mature and effective: we have managed to reach out to all of these people despite turnover of key people in the field. Without this network, people would not have access to services in French. We are offering these services until such time as the government assumes its responsibilities and takes care of it.