That actually leads me to my next question, to which Professor Ells and Ms. Baxter and perhaps even Dr. Smith might respond, and that has to do with the referral process itself and the transfer that everybody has talked about.
I'd like to have some explanation of how you see that working. For example, when the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association was here yesterday, the solution they proposed was that physicians should have to notify some third-party body, whether it's the hospital or the health authority, of their refusal. It would not be to provide an effective referral but simply to notify, with the permission of a patient, about their desire not to carry out this service. In that way there can be a transfer of care for the patient, which is what happens in Quebec right now.
How would that work? Is it left to the provinces? Will professional regulatory bodies make some kind of systematized approach to this process? Is this something that should be in the federal framework? How do you see that happening?
Maybe I could start with Dr. Smith.