Thank you, Madam Chair.
We are hearing a lot about the task force and its guidelines.
Ms. White, you brought up something that, I think, goes to the heart of the issue: your struggle to find a family doctor. The task force recommends that women have mammograms done starting at age 50. To what extent does that recommendation reflect a desire to conceal the underfunding of our health care system? To what extent does it reflect the worry that the system unfortunately isn't equipped to provide adequate care and treatment if the recommended screening age is lowered to 40? To what extent have years of underinvestment and insufficient health transfers been harmful to people in this situation?
Today, some try to justify the recommendation because preventive measures targeting women at higher risk can be taken. That's a false argument. Prevention costs less than intensive therapy. We can come back to that.
Basically, what role do you think the financial component plays? Do you think there's a fear of not being able to provide women with proper treatment if screening access is expanded to those 40 plus?