I have to jump in and speak here, because this is an area of interest of mine.
It's important to point out that it actually isn't an expansion of our role. In Ontario it is, but when you look at our global definition of midwifery, we have it within our scope to provide all sexual and reproductive health care, which includes contraception, which includes access to abortion. This is something that's well known and that we are trained to do.
Again, around the world, I am working with Global Affairs Canada to ensure that midwives have the capacity to do this within their scope, which means increasing access to sexual and reproductive health care, especially in very, very remote and rural areas. We've been arguing for that for a really long time. While in Ontario it might look like an expanded scope, really the vision of midwifery at the national level is to be able to provide these services across Canada.
You know, this will have a huge impact on our ability to impact this issue around our overall lack of access to contraceptive and reproductive health care, especially with indigenous and other populations that are at a disadvantage. I think there is an opportunity here to have this discussion and to raise awareness of midwives' capacity to function in that way.