Health committee  I think that almost every province has them. Most of them are available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Some of them are a part of the medical services, others are not. I cannot give you any figures now, but I can send them to you, if you are interested. In most cases, it was one way of ensuring that 50% of the population could access medical services 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

Health committee  I'm trying to remember the specific elements of aboriginal health in the accord. I think there was a particular focus on trying to look at healthy populations or the health of populations with a particular focus in the accord on aboriginals. I don't remember that there were specific allocations of funding targeting that.

Health committee  According to our staff member, yes, there was money, but it was not substantial. It was about $5 million.

Health committee  The data we have shows that as of March 2007, approximately 5% of Canadians have an interoperable electronic health record.

Health committee  To go back to your first comment, I think there are a lot of initiatives going on across the country that do reflect a pan-Canadian focus. We were charged with the responsibility of monitoring and reporting on the elements of the accord where there was agreement to develop, collaboratively, particular types of indicators, establish benchmarks to do whatever.

Health committee  I'll ask one of my team members. It was not an established accord, it was a communiqué.

Health committee  I can't answer the last question, the difference between the communiqué and the accord. I'm sorry.

Health committee  Although they are not members of the Health Council, they have both identified liaison individuals with whom we interact. The executive director of the Health Quality Council of Alberta, Dr. John Cowell, is our liaison to Alberta. In Quebec, although perhaps it's not quite as formal, we have had interactions with Dr.

Health committee  It has not constrained us a whole lot. We've had difficulty in doing comparable reporting across the country in any case, because we don't have comparable indicators in other areas.

Health committee  I think I should defer. Ms. Yeates has more information.

Health committee  I can't—

Health committee  What you need to understand—

Health committee  We're embarking upon our fifth year. You need to understand that we face quite formidable challenges. It's the first time that there has been a pan-Canadian strategy that focuses on cooperating in an attempt to meet set objectives. And that takes time. Our system is huge. And this doesn't happen overnight.

Health committee  I believe that we can have an impact—several of our reports have up till now—by giving examples of programs, of ways of doing things that have been successful in several areas of our country or elsewhere. We can give examples. Can we work with governments in order to have a direct influence?

Health committee  No, I could not say that... Nothing comes to mind immediately.