The patient safety journey will involve front line providers, researchers, patients, community and institution-based care teams and others, and many changes in the way organizations and procedures are structured. This is no small task, yet is critical: the Canadian public and healthcare providers are rightly asking that real strides be made. "At the end of our first five-year mandate, I hope that we can point to the results of a new Canadian Adverse Events study and say, 'Yes, the Canadian health system is safer than it was when we started and it will continue to get safer as we learn more,'" said Dr. John Wade. "That's what success should look like."