Again through you, Mr. Chair, I think my colleague Mr. Charbonneau may want to add to this, if that's okay. I'd like to start by saying that those exacerbating factors are exactly what I referred to earlier as the multiplicity of stressors. Each of our communities is very different. If you look at the paramedic community, we have critical incidents that we're exposed to that we have limited control over. We know that's going to occur, as do our partners in the first responder community.
We also have increasing operational stresses as we look at the aging population and the demand on our paramedics. Our paramedics are missing their lunch breaks or they're not getting done at the end of their shifts. Then we have organizational stresses when you look at us being one of the most legislated professions or regulated professions in comparison to the first responder community. So again, those exacerbating factors, as you described them, are unique to each of our individual services. That's one area where I think that the paramedic services need to have a little bit of a distinct overview or look.
If it's okay with the Chair, I'd like to just pass to my past president and see if he has anything to add to that.