Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all our witnesses.
I first became aware of this issue of antimicrobial resistance as a practising physician in the eighties, when I was doing my Master of Public Health at the University of Toronto, and now we find ourselves here with an ongoing major issue in front of us.
It seems like successive governments perhaps have not been addressing the issue to the extent that they might have over the last several decades. Now it's at least heartening to know that our government has introduced a pan-Canadian framework.
My first question is to Dr. Barkema. You talked about the framework. Dr. Castonguay has raised the issue of economics being part of a “one health” approach. Would you agree that perhaps the framework should also look at economic considerations?