I want to bring the committee's attention back to the wording that's before the committee. The “application for an exemption...shall include evidence...of the intended public health benefits...the impact of the site on crime rates; the local conditions indicating a need for the site...and expressions of community support or opposition.”
I want to be clear. Although I understand Dr. Carrie's amendment, I think it expands on those criteria. Those criteria are in the act and are part of any consideration and discretion by any health minister, so when we talk about whether it's appropriate for a particular community or where it should be located in that community, that's squarely dealt with in the proposed section where we're supposed to have regard to the local conditions, and again, yes, we all agree that the community should have some portal to express its opposition or support to this, and we recognize that, and that's why it's in the section as well. I understand it's probably not as expansive as Dr. Carrie would like, but it is there.