Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you to our witnesses for their work and for appearing.
In the report, recommendation 11.61 states:
Indigenous Services Canada should work with the 51 remote or isolated First Nations communities to consider other approaches to address the ongoing shortage of nurses in these communities and to review the nursing and paramedic support provided to all Indigenous communities to identify best practices.
The department has agreed to that recommendation.
My question is on the 51 first nations and engagement. It's a question to the deputy minister. How exactly will engagement proceed? Are communities prioritized according to a particular set of criteria? If so, what are those criteria? How does engagement unfold in these cases?