Yes, he should have, or a shirt or something like that.
Colin asked a question about children under 5. In fact, 50% of cases of epilepsy actually occur in early childhood or adolescence, with the majority within the first few months of life, which is a very high incidence. Then about 25% occur after age 60, which may be the result of little strokes, but no one really knows. Also, of course, in a huge number of cases, nobody knows the cause. Quite often, fevers will cause it in children. Sometimes a little bit of an injury during delivery can cause it, and then it will go away and won't remain with them.
With regard to the workplace, I don't know the percentage of people in the workplace who actually tell their employers, but I think Mr. Lizon was right in stressing that when we educate, it is especially important to educate employers. Because of the stigma and because people are afraid they won't be hired, they won't say it, yet if you are operating machinery or driving a bus or a car, or if you are an airline pilot, people need to know if you have epilepsy. Even though a lot of seizures are controlled, they're not necessarily cured, so they can occur at any time. We know there are triggers that may cause seizures; if you happen to be driving a vehicle, flashing lights coming at you can sometimes trigger a seizure.
This is really important. I can't say enough about how important this bill is, because the first thing is to de-stigmatize, but the second thing is that we also need to explain to people what the issue is and what to do when you have a seizure.
As a physician, I've seen people with seizures. I remember coming out of the lobby of a hotel about two years ago; a young man was standing talking to someone, and in the next moment he was on the ground having a seizure. I was just coming out of the elevator. All kinds of people were running to him, and they were trying to hold him down, which of course is the worst thing to do, and then they were asking if anybody had anything to stick in his mouth to keep his tongue from going.... They had all of those old-fashioned myths about what you're supposed to do, all of which can actually do more harm than good.
It's really important to deal with this issue. I'm glad to see that it was a young woman who started this movement and had the courage to move on it.
There is one thing that I wanted to ask. I didn't know if Madame Therrien might have the answer, or Dr. Ward.
Are you Dr. Ward yet?