Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands for supporting Bill C-608.
Many of my colleagues in the House have stopped me here in the House, in the hallways or even at the Standing Committee on Health to tell me about their experiences during a birth with a midwife. It is so nice to be able to share that experience together, so that we can better understand midwifery and what that profession entails, and see that it is an option. People do not have to adopt the traditional model. I am paraphrasing here because I think the hospital model is considered to be traditional. It is just great to see how those birthing experiences can vary from one person to another and that they are often wonderful experiences.
I thank my colleague from Saanich—Gulf Islands. She is right: we need to reclaim the birthing experience.