Again, allow me to doubt that there's any necessity to have 40% of your physicians in a role of that nature. You've listed policy development and program implementation. All of these things are good, but they're all code for bureaucracy. It would be the priority of the Canadian taxpayer to see that trained physicians who make over $200,000 a year would be on the front lines of providing the gold standard health care to our soldiers instead of working in bureaucratic positions. Perhaps our resources would be better used if that kind of transition were carried out.
On January 31st, 2008. See this statement in context.