As has been reported this week, the college currently has more than 225 open investigations related to complaints from Manitobans regarding medical treatment they’ve received, and at present has just one investigator tasked with conducting those investigations. A solution to this problem must be delivered quickly to prevent confidence in provincial health care from further eroding. Poliquin told the Free Press the backlog is “only a snapshot in time” and does not give the full story of the complaints and investigations department’s broader function. What the public deserves is specific answers regarding how, and how quickly, the investigatory backlog will be addressed. This cannot be another situation in which a government whose successful election campaign relied almost solely on a vow to fix health care falls short of delivering on its promise.