Heather McPherson at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I'm sorry you have to deal with that. We've heard in other testimony that every person has a right to the health care they require. It should not come at the expense of their community, their family, their children or their own well-being. I'm very sorry you have to endure that.

Finally, can you perhaps talk a bit about what it would mean to you and to other members of your community if escorts could be paid for the work they do, escorting their loved ones to treatment outside of the community?