Thank you, Madam Chair.
I will direct my questions to Dr. Gallagher.
Dr. Gallagher, at a recent meeting of this committee, Dr. James Downar stated in his testimony that 98% of people who access MAID had received or had access to palliative care. By contrast, the data from the third annual Health Canada MAID report indicates that only 82% of those who had MAID received palliative care and only 88% had access. Those numbers differ from those presented by Dr. Downar.
As a representative of the Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians, can you shed any light on what the numbers are?