Thank you. We are looking at a hub-and-spoke model here to roll out a territorial program, which is consistent with some of the recommendations that were provided. It doesn't mean that births will be facilitated in every community, but where the numbers permit, we are certainly willing to explore growth in those areas. Over time, that may change, so we need to be flexible.
We do know that, in order for a midwife to remain current in her competency, for her licensing purposes, he or she does have to facilitate a certain number of births, but that is not the only job. Right? For a midwife, it is a lot of the prenatal and the postnatal that really adds some of the profound value to healthy families, healthy, strong mothers, and healthy babies.
With this model, we will be working with people in the communities, different professionals in the communities, to help enhance those services across the territory. This is the first step in the rolling out of this new territorial approach, and we will need to continue to evaluate, and that includes looking at numbers of births, in order to figure out how to keep resourcing this properly moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.