Thank you, all of you, for taking the time to present today.
I'm a practising physician, and so my questions are about health services. One of the issues that has come up for me many times is the accountability of the system to patients, and in particular to seniors. I'm an orthopaedic surgeon. The number of people waiting months upon months for a hip replacement is ridiculous.
Maybe you, Bonnie and Roseann, could comment with respect to that—palliative care in your case, Bonnie. I'll ask you to be succinct because I only have three minutes.
Roseann, I grew up in northern Alberta surrounded by three Cree reserves where there were issues around infections, whether it be tuberculosis or others. Your comment on opiates was very salient. Maybe you could comment a bit about how the federal government could play a more meaningful role in making sure that your people are healthy, not just seniors but others.