Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and welcome, Minister. Ms. Tining, congratulations on your appointment. It's nice to have Ms. Bruce back also.
I just want to reiterate a couple of things, actually. Mr. Minister, we're at the stage where we are now because this committee has worked very well together. I'm new on the committee, as some of us are, and I guess I would have to say to you that this committee has taken the view that, as you've said somewhere in your brief, it's all about “taking care of those who take care of us”. I don't think there's anything better said than that.
As we've gone through the choices on where we would be at today, this committee sat down and, rightfully so, started to look at what was important in terms of the charter that had been passed. Then we wanted to move to the ombudsman, and we're having that discussion, and that report is coming shortly. It will hopefully be put out this week. That has taken us next to the bill of rights, and that's where we're at right now. Through that discussion, this committee also said that the VIP and health care review was something that needed to be looked at.
Mr. Minister, I want to say that I'm glad that you recognize and understand the significance of what this committee has to do in terms of that. I think it's going to be a more complicated discussion, quite frankly, than the bill of rights. So I would ask that when the committee starts to look at the VIP health care, those recommendations that will come from there would be certainly looked at seriously by you and your ministry. Do you have any comments on that?