Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to Ms. Hogan and Mr. Goulet for being here to answer our questions today.
I was interested in a couple of areas. One was on nurses and paramedics and the hiring of staff for Indigenous Services Canada. In paragraph 11.55 in your report, you mention 77 nurses had been hired for the 51 remote communities prior to the pandemic and that 147 additional nurses and paramedics had been hired during COVID. It seems to me that we would be in really tough shape if we hadn't started hiring for remote communities before the pandemic hit.
I know retention is a problem. My wife and I have friends who had gone up to one of the remote nations to work in education. She did about a year of service there and then didn't renew her contract.
Turnover is part of it. I'm wondering how many of the 77 who were hired prior to the pandemic were still in place and whether we've got a net new hire there. I also know that in our community, the local long-term care facilities had a lot of trouble hiring during COVID. People were getting scooped by the hospital, where they got more money or different hours. Some of the long-term care facilities really had trouble keeping staff.
Did you look at turnover in your audit?