Thank you very much, Chairperson.
To both of the witnesses, Mr. Wilson and Ms. Bottles, thank you so much for coming. I'm sure it's not easy to come before a parliamentary committee and literally bare your life to us and put it on the table. I really want to say thank you for sharing your own experience, because I think it does help us understand what you're facing.
We have a brief opportunity here; we have this meeting today, and then there's another meeting on Tuesday, where we'll go through the bill clause-by-clause to look at amendments. There's a brief window here to get it right. I'm sure you're hoping that we do get it right, and the information you've provided us is invaluable.
I have lots of questions, and I'm sure we won't necessarily get to all of them.
First of all, Mr. Wilson, you spent a lot of time talking about the amendments. I'm sure you've read the bill. The bill as it is now, in paragraph 3(b), says:
the establishment of guidelines regarding the prevention, identification, treatment and management of Lyme disease, including a recommended national standard of care that reflects current best practices for the treatment of Lyme disease;
You suggested that there will be a government amendment. We didn't hear them from Ms. Adams earlier, so maybe others are coming, but you're suggesting that this paragraph is going to be changed to talk only about best practices.
Are you happy with the way it's written now? It still does say “reflects current best practices”, but you're telling us that really doesn't fit the bill.