Health committee  It depends on how you calculate it. We would say that a family physician should be the most responsible provider for about 1,000 to 1,200 people. That is if this person is doing this solely as their scope of work. Many family physicians also will have certain clinical areas where

Health committee  It's 4.6 million.

Health committee  I guess the jury is out on that, at the moment. If our concerns about upcoming retirements for family physicians prove to be true, we will have more Canadians without a family doctor.

Health committee  I suspect the road map you're referring to is the rural road map. Dr. Bouchard, correct me if I'm wrong. I'm not aware that we have another road map kicking around. Certainly, the road map does speak to rural recruitment and retention of family physicians in rural and remote a

Health committee  The college is on the record recommending or suggesting that we need to take another look to broaden our horizons with regard to how we pay physicians. Many of the patients we look after in family practice are people who have comorbidities, several medical conditions going on at

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Hanley. I do remember that canoeing experience quite well, actually. The team-based model of care is one that we're trying to promote at the moment, and it is already in place in some provinces. Family health teams in Ontario, groupes de médecine de famille in Qu

Health committee  I will be leading off.

Health committee  Thank you for inviting us to speak on behalf of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and our more than 42,000 members. I'll be presenting in English. We will be pleased to respond to questions in both official languages. My name is Francine Lemire. I'm a family physician a

Justice committee  Yes.

Justice committee  So the circumstance you've given is that the physician does not—

Justice committee  I would suggest that the family physician, who has a longitudinal relationship with the patient under those circumstances, is well placed to be one of the providers involved in that caring relationship with the patient. Yes.

Justice committee  I'm not a legal....

Justice committee  I have not done that in a systematic manner for the bill. In the example that I gave in my presentation, I certainly walked through the elements of the bill. If we went back to 2013 and took into account that situation around euthanasia, I feel that it certainly would have been

Justice committee  We believe that statement does require clarification. We appreciate wanting to be comprehensive and allowing the latitude to the relationship between provider and patient to have the conversation and be able to do this, yet at the same time, providers will want to have an estimat

Justice committee  Quebec is already ahead in terms of having implemented their bill. It's unlikely that they will change things in a major way. They will likely be beating their own drum. We will already have some differences there. At the same time, I think that the federal government standing