Public Safety committee  In my area, the Sûreté du Québec is informed only when there is a cardiac arrest. In urban areas such as Victoriaville, police are called more frequently to areas outside the city. That is where we need more help and more AEDs. Within municipalities, the Sûreté du Québec does n

Public Safety committee  You mentioned manufacturing AEDs, but it is not as simple as what we think. An AED is more than a bunch of batteries, a wire and a button. A monitor is linked to the device, which reads the arrhythmia or the heart's electrical impulses. It is a very complicated process.

Public Safety committee  Exactly.

Public Safety committee  In Quebec, everything is standardized and the programs are consistent. We are not aware of what the rest of Canada is doing.

Public Safety committee  Are we talking about paramedics or the rest of the population?

Public Safety committee  Our paramedics can practice only in Quebec, not in Ontario.

Public Safety committee  Paramedics must go through an equivalency process to practice in Ontario and vice versa.

Public Safety committee  In my opinion, it is not necessary to insist that we have the same brand of defibrillator electrodes, AED monitors and defibrillators. In Quebec, we had a call for tenders to supply AEDs and ambulance monitors for the entire province, which is a good thing. It is easier to sync t