An approach had been developed, but it was more a regional approach. We work a lot at the regional level because, as you know, the health systems come under the provincial government and the rules differ from region to region. Some work had been done.
I think Parliament had neither the means nor the ambition at the time. With the funding we received in budget 2017, we decided that it was an opportunity to step up. With the report of the Auditor General helping, we are now moving towards what is now more of a national strategy, where we would exchange information from region to region in looking at the trends, at where we're going, and at what we think are the needs, and we would also exchange information about best practices from one place to another. For example, on human resources, the services are not necessarily shaped the same way from one province to another or from one region to another, especially on the COHI side, the oral health initiative side.
I think it was Parliament's intention to develop that. I will let my colleagues to say more about that.
I think the first thing was to address the regional aspects, but there was not necessarily the second level, if you like, which is more about a real national strategy. With this report and the engagement they're undertaking now, I think we're basically putting the system at the maturity level that we would like to have and that I think we need to have for the country.