Thank you, and thank you to our witnesses today.
I spent many years volunteering for an organization that provided respite. A large number of the families that I worked with were dealing with dementia. I would either support the person with dementia or support the family in different ways. I have a great amount of compassion for the significant impacts this has on communities and the families.
My first question is going to you, Mr. Nicholson. You mentioned thanks earlier to Claude Gravelle, who introduced Bill C-356, a national strategy for dementia. Unfortunately, that bill was defeated. It was a very close vote: 140 said no; 139 said yes. The majority of the Conservative MPs, including you, did not vote positively for this bill.
Given how similar your legislation is to the last bill, why did you choose to narrow its focus?