Thank you for the question.
It has always been a challenge of provincial versus federal, and I'm not so naive as to think there's a simple solution. However, a national standard is what most of our societies go by, and I think it's an easy opportunity for the federal government to work with the provincial counterparts to set expectations for critical care units. It would be led by the federal government working with the various provincial counterparts, along with our national society. It could set what we expect a level 3 ICU to provide, and the various other components, and I think provinces and physicians would welcome that.
Maybe I'm naive to think it is easy, but I think a national standard is what we would all look to. We have national standards in the operating room and various other locations, so why would we not have them for our intensive care units?