Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do not have numbers as to how much we have spent overall on recruitment and retention efforts. It is considerable. We have various programs. We have the nursing market supplement that we put in place a couple of years ago to specifically address the issue of retaining RNs. At that time, the amount that was budgeted to address the recruitment and retention issues was $3 million that was committed by the government, but there is quite a wide variety. I would not have a total amount of money of what we spent. I could provide the Member with the vacancies which currently exist of health care professionals at this time.

It is difficult to quantify exactly the results of the recruitment and retention efforts because sometimes there is attrition and turnover of staff that is not specifically related to our efforts. Thank you.