We want to be leaders. We want to work on innovations and improvements with our regional partners and the Ministry of Health. Our case to substantiate a serious need for additional funding for staff, equipment and facilities was a huge undertaking, and it's beginning to show results. And the Board has positioned itself to appropriately fund the services we require. That's just not possible any more, so at the end of last year we had a deficit.
Funding is one of the major issues impacting care and service.
Another must be the shortage of staff, especially nurses. We definitely need the ministries of health and education to understand why there is a shortage, not just for us, but nationally. It's what guides our decisions. This is a place where people really care for one another. Over the next five years, I think we're going to see a very different delivery system for health care.