Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you for your testimony and for the work done by your organizations. I'm certain you're making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.
I would also like to take this opportunity to point out that there's an association in the region I represent called APPAL, the Association des personnes avec problèmes auditifs des Laurentides. This association, which does represent 127,000 people after all, provides services and support to deaf, deafened, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind people in the Laurentians. It reminds us, and rightly so, that more than 20% of Quebec's population lives with deafness and that these problems increase with age and aging.
Ms. Madho, in your testimony, you said that the recommendations should recognize deaf-blindness. Am I to understand that this type of disability is not currently recognized in the legislation?