It is quite significant, to sum it up in a sentence.
I work on the front line, in the trenches. I am in constant touch with my colleagues in New Brunswick—that's where I come from—and this has become a major cause for concern.
We have to understand that at a psychiatry practice, our motto is centred around patient care. When we talk of patient care, it is about access. One of the biggest concerns we have is that things be put in place to improve the numbers of patients being seen on a timely basis to provide better access. If these tax changes are put in place, they would have an impact upon people being employed at these psychiatry practices who in turn deliver services to their patients.
Our friends here talked about appropriate care and appropriate access. This is a major issue. We believe that any tax changes should also be in accordance with the ground reality of health care that happens on the front lines. Members of the psychiatric association, both nationally and at the ground level of the New Brunswick Psychiatric Association, are very concerned about these changes.