Well, thanks. I want to pick up a couple of other issues, but I thank you for covering that for us. I think it's very interesting that we recognize those factors. Women of course obviously need to have the opportunity to fulfill their child-bearing opportunities and family issues and so on, as well as all the other issues that have been raised there.
When you talk about a team-based approach you mentioned naturopaths, chiropractors, and the issue of regulation came up. I think chiropractors have been regulated in every province across the country for many years. There are about 9,000 chiropractors and about 40% of the conditions coming into a physician's office are musculoskeletal oriented, something that chiropractors are quite well skilled in.
If we're looking at barriers to interprofessional cooperation, are there any representatives of the colleges here? Is there any interaction in the colleges encouraged or taking place where chiropractors, for example, and naturopaths—I don't want to under-represent them. There are about 1,400 to 1,600 naturopaths in the community.
I have another angle I want to talk about just briefly and the time is short. Could you comment on whether there are any promising examples of collaboration? Is there any at the education level, at least, of doctors interacting with chiropractors?
For full disclosure, I'm not here to represent the profession but I practised for 24 years as a chiropractor in two provinces.