Mr. Speaker, I note that nurse practitioners for all intents and purposes, even though they have been around for many years, it is only in the recent decade or so that we have seen provinces looking at how we could potentially expand the roles of nurse practitioners.
I realize there are a lot of sensitive issues in regard to health care and the delivery of health care services, which include doctors in many rural communities. The more remote, the more difficult it can be, but there are also many rural communities that have a fairly healthy situation with doctors.
The answer to the question likely lies in working with our health care professionals and different stakeholders like our provinces to see if the concerns the member has raised could possibly be dealt with. I do not have the short answer, but hopefully that will assist him in getting a better understanding of where I am coming from on that issue.