Status of Women committee  I'm sorry. I didn't hear the end of your question.

Status of Women committee  Yes, it's a general survey, and it's their own self-reporting, which is very, very important.

Status of Women committee  That helped the patients?

Status of Women committee  The study itself is one that focuses on mental health writ large in terms of understanding the attitudes and behaviours of kids. That's the purpose of why we gather that information—

Status of Women committee  Well, can you be a little more specific?

Status of Women committee  I'll give you a very tangible example: some of our prenatal nutrition programs. If these programs were not in play, then you'd have a population of mothers, for example, of teenage parents, who would probably end up in hospital with underweight babies and with babies who could suffer multiple birth defects.

Status of Women committee  Yes, I would venture to say that there are a number of issues and activities on behalf of the Public Health Agency that actually minimize the impact on the health care system. That's the goal of Public Health. It's really to focus on prevention in order to ensure that Canadians don't end up, for example, in the health care system, to added costs in that respect, so....

Status of Women committee  Upstream means that—

Status of Women committee  The opposite.

Status of Women committee  Staying out of the hospital.

Status of Women committee  The investments are being made in a variety of community areas dealing with, for example, like I said, children and at-risk parents. You have investments being made in facilities that help ensure that there are education, awareness, tools, and changing behaviours and attitudes. This impacts, for example—

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  I said that they were members—

Status of Women committee  They did not withdraw. They are still—

Status of Women committee  I am sorry. I misunderstood.