In paragraph 4.57, it notes that, “Health Canada had not assessed whether each nursing station was capable of providing all the health services that the Department had defined as essential in 2013.”
To start with, how could a program be fulfilling its mandate in any way if the facilities are not equipped to do so? I want to get on the record as to what rationale Health Canada gave as to why they were not ensuring that the space they use is able to provide the services that they tell Canadians, and everyone else who lives in those communities, that they are intending to provide. Obviously, it's not being done.