Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The recruitment and retention initiatives have had some success. It has been identified by all the board chairs, and by the department as well, as the number one priority that we have to continue to pay very close attention to. The recruitment of professionals, nurses and doctors, in addition to the allied health and social services professionals, is something that we are looking at as we speak as part of the action plan to see how we can improve how we coordinate our efforts, definitely on the hiring of doctors and nurses. We are looking at longer term issues like the Nurse Practitioners Program. We are looking at some legislation to do some of the collaborative pilots that are necessary. We have also been getting some very strong messages. We have to look at other areas like the social workers, and the other community support people, like the alcohol and drug workers.
We have had some success but it has clearly opened up an area for us in terms of a comprehensive human resource strategy that makes us recognize that we have to look at all the people and all the professions within the department. Thank you.