Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the presentation on the debate today. One of the areas I am concerned about with the bill is that in rural Canada it can be a challenge to identify two physicians or two nurse practitioners. Outside the large urban areas there are a smaller number of doctors and often not even a nurse practitioner. Even if we had those four, it would quickly become identifiable who those people were, and that could be a severe challenge in rural communities. The only other alternative then is referrals. Again, those are the people who become the referral that people go to.
That is a question I have with this legislation. I am very concerned about the limited number of medical people who would have to be involved in this process outside the major urban centres.