I want to thank the witnesses for an excellent presentation so far today. It's hard to know where to start, but I want to talk with Dr. Girard.
In your presentation you mention that “in 2010, Manitoba went live with eChart Manitoba, which is our EHR, a service that has delivered 100% of all Manitobans towards this goal”. I'm from Oshawa, Ontario, and I've been following Infoway. I realize that from a federal standpoint we've put aside $2 billion, I think it is, and we'll pay up to 75% as reimbursements to provincial and territorial governments that are implementing these things.
I'm extremely impressed with what you've achieved over the last few years. Could you elaborate a little concerning the funding you received from Infoway to implement these goals for electronic health records in your province? Also, could you help us out, those of us who live in other provinces, concerning some of the challenges you've encountered and how you overcame them?