Mr. Speaker, with respect to the importance of palliative care, the member referenced that we heard from the government, not only in recent weeks, but for a number of months, in terms of its commitment to palliative care. It is a very important part of the debate, no doubt, and as we continue to debate, a very emotional piece of legislation about which we are all very opinionated. However, one of the things that is very important for us to recognize, when we talk about palliative care, is that there are many different stakeholders—in particular, provinces, first nations, and so forth—that need to play a critical role in the development of palliative care policy.
I wonder if the member might want to provide some comment, from her perspective, as to how important it is that Ottawa work with the different stakeholders to ensure that we do provide the type of palliative care that Canadians from coast to coast want to see?