Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to start on the electronic health records. Obviously there is no topic of more importance to Canadians than issues relating to their health. The e-health file has been identified as a component in hopefully reducing costs, but also certainly in increasing effective care.
With the recognition that we have an integrated solution here between the provinces, and the feds and even though the feds end up still supplying the dollars to the provinces, there are still inherent responsibilities for both.
Given the initial reports that came out in a number of the provincial assessments of their progress today--and specifically I can mention the $700 million Ontario tobacco money that was spent to hire consultants, and we've all heard that--I'm wondering, how confident are you that the various provinces are going to be able to fulfill their responsibilities in this arrangement?