Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, I appreciate it.
This question is for Dr. Dutt.
I share a common birthplace with you, Cape Breton Island, and this past weekend, Dr. Dutt, I was in Nova Scotia and I actually attended the Doctors Nova Scotia town hall, which was attended by over 400 physicians. What I learned there was that there's a serious concern of the physicians in Nova Scotia about the effect on patient care and health care that will come from these tax reforms, these tax changes, being put into place.
You gave a stat that about 60% of doctors are incorporated. Doctors Nova Scotia tell me that 75% of Nova Scotia doctors are incorporated and it's important for this reason, when they surveyed their membership, they found that 451 doctors out of 864 who responded said that they would consider moving away from Nova Scotia.
Dr. Dutt, you and I, coming from Cape Breton, both know one thing, that there is a serious problem with the lack of family physicians in Cape Breton. You know the outcry from the community and you know the emotion in the community over this, so I was very surprised to hear that your first recommendation, being a physician in Cape Breton, knowing the impact that will have on health care for Cape Bretoners, would be that you would say to the Liberal government to go ahead and implement these things.
I'm wondering if you can tell me why you think these changes will not have an impact on Cape Breton health care when your colleagues in Nova Scotia overwhelmingly say it will.