Thank you very much, Chair.
In response to this discussion, I just want to contribute a few points.
The issue of, clearly, doctor-patient confidentiality is quite sacrosanct. It is purist on occasion. What is entered into the debate in the context of this bill has been the examples of the duty to report gunshot wounds and the duty to report child abuse. Those examples raised just now by Mr. Genuis were raised yesterday in the testimony with Mr. Matas. In both of those contexts, it is the provincial legislative mechanism that has been invoked and is used to compel that breach of the doctor-patient confidentiality.
Doctors are regulated largely, almost exclusively, by the provinces themselves in terms of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, for example, in setting standards of practice, the oaths that are taken, the licensing requirements, and so on.
In respect of federal-provincial-territorial suppleness, for want of a better phrase, in terms of being able to adapt to amendments that might happen here, the FPTs have actually not been engaged on this bill to date. I think that's important to inject into the context of this committee's deliberations.