Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the whole area of the supplementary health benefit program, is there a way we could combine the program so that we could allow people to access it? In some cases, where a lot of people need their eyes checked, they may find out that the prescription that they received may have to be changed. Because of the time frames that are in place, you have to wait a while before you can get your renewal or replacements.

I am wondering if there is a way that we could use the other health benefit program so that they would not have to wait that long. Most of the people, especially aboriginal and First Nations people, do not have the economic potential that other people have and they do not have the resources to afford to buy glasses over and above the ones that they are allocated. I hear complaints from people where they either break their glasses or lose their glasses and they try to go get another pair. It seems like it is the elderly. The older they get, the more fragile they are and they are the ones that usually get stuck not being able to replace their glasses once they break them.

I was wondering if the government could use the other programs that are in place to offset the monies that may be needed to replace the programs that are there so we could top it up with other dollars. Thank you.