You know, I really found her to be very receptive and I feel that she's really listening and probably understands the health impact of climate change better than most of the doctors in Canada right now. I feel she understands that a lot of the things that will improve climate change in terms of phasing out coal plants and that kind of thing. They have real-time public health benefits in terms of decreasing COPD exacerbation and asthma exacerbations that affect real Canadians.
I feel as though there's a strong willingness within the Liberal government to work on that. I have read quite a few peer-reviewed studies and I spoke with Canada's public health expert on the TPP yesterday on the phone, and he reviewed my submission. I'm not sure that your government has reviewed the TPP cross-referencing with what needs to happen to have a healthy response to climate change, but there are major barriers there that are going to stop what you're actually trying to do.
I wouldn't blame you for not having reviewed that, because I don't think any physician in Canada had until I did so yesterday. I think there's a real integration issue in that this may be at cross-purposes with what is happening in the climate and health realms.