I guess it will depend on the scenario in each of the jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions, occupational therapists are primarily in the public sector, but because of the way the systems are set up and because they're so different across the country, you have services also being provided outside of that system. They're being funded, say, by a Crown corporation. I'll use the example in British Columbia, where you have auto insurance funding or workers' compensation funding, even veterans affairs, which is national. There are some that will be working independently in those regions just by nature of the system being structured that way, because it's not all in one place.
Where you see those interprofessional care teams is in the public system and primarily in community care teams, so there is absolutely a role for them there. We know there are some of those happening in spurts across the country, but it is not consistent. It is absolutely not consistent in that approach, and it really depends on.... What we hear is that it's happening very regionally and it's dependent on what decisions are made in those communities.
There is a role. As I mentioned earlier, we would like to see all Canadians have access to occupational therapy. If you're in a car accident or you're injured at work or whatever the scenario is, you have access when you need it at the right time and you do not have to figure out where on earth it's going to come from. In some scenarios, there isn't any. If you're not in the system in that way, for some people, it's not even an option to have access to therapy.
We really want to see that change and be part of primary...other important professionals, alongside physicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, that they are all part of a team.