Background: In November of 2002, after a year and a half of consultation and deliberation, the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada delivered its final report. It contained 47 detailed recommendations. In reaction to the report`s recommendations, the Federal government engaged the provinces / territories in a series of agreements: 1) First Minister`s Accord on Health Care Renewal (2003); 2) Meeting on the Future of Health in Canada (2004); and 3) Specifically for Aboriginal people the First Ministers` Meeting with Leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations (http://tinyurl.com/ybsq8b9). The ten-year Health Accord agreement that was struck in 2004 is up for renewal in 2014. At this point, the federal government has only committed to 2 things: annual funding increases of 6% to 2016; and a national agreement not separate provincial agreements. Assignment: Even as early as this past November 2011, the provinces have started informally negotiating with each other about what type of funding and conditions they want to see on the table in 2014 (Wingrove et al, 2011). All of the provinces will enter into discussions with the federal government shortly. As an analyst in Ontario`s Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, you have been asked to do research and to prepare a policy paper documenting this history of health reform at the national level and the progress to date in the province of Ontario in one of 6 topic areas: 1) Primary care 2) Catastrophic drug coverage 3) Gender Equity 4) Aboriginal health care 5) Home Care 6) Globalization You must research and analyze what has occurred in Ontario since 2001 in your topic area. The following sources are useful starting places: 1) Romanow Commission (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/webarchives/20071121154636/http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/care/romanow/hcc0396.html), 2) First Minister`s Accord on Health Care Renewal (2003) (http://tinyurl.com/2urz5u); 3) First Minister`s Meeting on the Future of Health in Canada (2004) http://tinyurl.com/3xum8h 4) The Ontario Health Quality Council (http://www.ohqc.ca/en/) and The Health Council of Canada (http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/en/) may provide some useful policy information. 5) Be sure to do a search of the academic literature on Scholar`s Portal or other library database. 6) If you choose to address Aboriginal Health, you must consult the First Ministers` Meeting with Leaders of National Aboriginal Organizations (http://tinyurl.com/ybsq8b9) and the Blueprint on Aboriginal Health http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hcs-sss/pubs/system-regime/2005-blueprint-plan-abor-auto/index-eng.php. Short paper: choose one topic from those listed above. Answer the questions listed below in order to guide your analysis. For the (3 pages) you are required to: 1) Summarize the Romanow Report`s arguments and recommendations (or lack of recommendations) concerning your chosen issue. 2) Summarize the outcome of the Accord on Health Care Renewal (2003) the First Ministers` Meeting on the Future of Health in Canada (2004) as it relates to the topic (and the Aboriginal Agreement if it applies) 3) Analyse and Evaluate in what ways the two Accords have addressed, ignored or exceeded Romanow`s recommendations concerning your topic. Be sure to include an introduction with a proper statement indicating what the paper will address, and a conclusion that briefly summarizes the paper`s main points. You are not limited in the MAXIMUM number of sources that you can consult.