That's a very pertinent question.
In fact, I think everyone in the psychoeducation community in Quebec agrees on this point, that we should facilitate access to tax exemption, but also facilitate recognition of psychoeducation across Canada.
As my colleague explained earlier, psychoeducation is a young Quebec profession. That's not to say that there aren't any psychoeducators in New Brunswick or Saskatchewan. In fact, there are many across Canada. However, you have to realize that, since there's one order in Quebec exclusively, it makes the job a little more difficult than if there were several orders across Canada.
This may be more opinion than fact, but we don't necessarily see the relevance of comparing ourselves to another province, when psychoeducation professionals in Quebec are quite competent and have expertise. So why wouldn't they have this expertise in Canada or in another province? It's still the same clinical process, which is very rigorous. In fact, psychoeducators are professionals who hold master's degrees. They have studied for five years at university. What's more, they have to complete 40 hours of training every two years. So we have an order that very rigorously ensures our competencies.
We therefore believe that the path should be made easier for us, at the very least to have this profession recognized throughout Canada. In addition to easing the path to tax exemption, it would smooth out many of the other hurdles we encounter in Canada, notably with regard to public and private insurance. We're also stuck on this front, given that the order is strictly Quebec-based.