Thank you. I think there's no question that we need to connect this to all the communities for all practices for everybody, because not only the remoteness of our locations of where the people are located and where the professionals are located, with a lot of people not having family doctors and we're using locum doctors, I mean these health care providers come and go, but the person or the patient who is getting all sorts of care from different people it just makes sense if we could have all the information in one place where all the professionals could access them provided that they are secure and confidentiality and that security could be protected. I mean there's no question about this project. My question, though is, is the dollar amount allocated here for the next three years, would that be sufficient to get to where we need to get to? Like you say, three years down the road what will we have achieved in terms of acceptability, and I understand that Infoway and I went to the presentation when the Alberta people were up here explaining the project and I understand that they have a better system than anywhere in Canada, but the federal government has not shown interest in funding that further. So Health Canada Infoway is one body, but we will need continued funding from the federal government to keep moving. So I have two questions there. I need to know that the Minister keeps this on the agenda with his federal counterparts to make sure that the money is placed there to finish the project. Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 15th, 2007
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