Thank you, Madam Chair. I am glad I got a commitment from the Minister for that. I look forward to seeing what gets presented to Social Programs.

Still sticking with the medical travel issue, the issue with medical travel escorts has always come to my attention, also. I know the patients themselves don't really have much say in whether they want an escort or not. It's basically up to the nurse practitioner or the community health representative to make the call on the escort and then people are coming here, travelling, they are distraught, they don't know how to handle a lot of the inquiries if the tickets aren't there. I don't think the escort is just there for emotional support, but I think a lot of them help the patients to move along and to carry their luggage and bring them to the hospital and make sure they are eating and everything else. I don't think it's just for some emotional or psychological support, or just to overcome the language barrier are the only reasons an escort should be allowed to travel with the patient. Is there any movement on the department's side to be a little more flexible on the escort rules? Thank you.