The reason we're saying that involves two things. One, we're looking at other what we'll call “progressive regimes” of MAID in other countries—the Netherlands, as an example— and over time it rose and eventually reached the point of approximately 4% of all deaths, and we think that is likely in Canada, but there's no more science to it than that kind of international comparability. We will have to see how this plays out.
Two, I mentioned that there were 200 MAID deaths associated with people whose death was not reasonably foreseeable. This is a small number, understandably, in the first year after the new legislation. We'll see, but we are not anticipating right now that vast numbers of people whose natural death is not foreseeable will be seeking a MAID death, or people whose principal underlying condition is a mental illness. We may be proven wrong, but that is what we see at the present time.
I'll just say that we know the rates in some parts of the country are higher—in Quebec, for example, and on Vancouver Island. Whether that will be the case across the country remains to be seen. It's a combination of the will of individuals and the receptivity and preparedness of the health system. Both need to be place to influence the rate of MAID procedures.