Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair.
Dr. Buchman, I'd like to direct my questions to you.
You made mention of the fact in your opening statement that you have provided palliative care for homeless people—a very vulnerable population. I think you bring a unique perspective, because you say walk in both lanes. You have also been a MAID assessor and provider.
In your work with the homeless, you're dealing with a very vulnerable population, where the social determinants of their health are very obvious and present. They have had housing insecurity, they often don't know when their next good quality meal will come, and they live a life, on a daily basis, which is full of uncertainties and incredible stress on their health.
When someone has an incurable disease, an irremediable medical condition, and they're either being assessed for access to palliative care or maybe their choice is to go to medical assistance in dying, can you talk a little bit about what effect those social determinants have on their health? Do you often run into conditions where, if that population had earlier access or better access to health care, the state they are in when they first see you could have been prevented?