Thank you very much.
Thank you all for taking some time to present to us today.
Dharana, I had a question for you first, because you raised the issue of health care. It was great to meet you yesterday. I hope you all enjoyed the reception last night.
Your points are very well taken with respect to the inequities in our health care system. I'm a practising physician, and I see them up close and personal, whether it be parents who have to drive literally hundreds of kilometres to see me.... The gas alone is probably different for them than it is for someone who could walk right next door.
What do you think is the public policy direction we should take to create that equity? Are there certain things outside the creation of social programs that we should be considering?
For example, Senator Michael Kirby, a Liberal senator many years ago, talked about accountability as part of the Canada Health Act. Should we be considering things like that so physicians and parliamentarians and everyone is accountable to that patient? If we're going to say that we're going to provide health care, we should actually do that.
What are your thoughts on that?