I have no doubts at all. In my own environment at Renfrew General Hospital, even before the act was passed we were having significant problems in maintaining acute life-threatening situations and assessing acute life-threatening situations. We were very concerned that within the next couple of days we would not even be able to offer services.
As mentioned, Pembroke Regional was already closed for periodic days even before the act was passed. Stratford General was closed for a few days even before the act was passed.
We at Renfrew General were able to balance it out a bit better because we had contracts with two suppliers. If one supplier didn't have some isotopes, we'd call the other supplier to try to get something. But a few days before the act was passed, our supplies were drying up. We understand that this was secondary to the reactor in South Africa, which was closed down for regularly scheduled maintenance. That's when we really got into problems. Even if we were getting supplies again, we would have been going back to the continued rationing we were facing.
So without a doubt we were teetering on the brink of disaster.