Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the question from the Member. I think, first off, I would like to say that this bill is an interim step. There was not an attempt to try to regulate funeral planners, their accreditation, and so on in this bill. That is not the purpose of it. That is not what I tried to set out to do in the first place.

There is a definition for funeral planner, and it is found in the Vital Statistics Act. It is defined as follows: funeral planner means a person who takes charge of a dead body for the purpose of burial, cremation, and other disposition. The duties of a funeral planner are defined under section 60 of the Vital Statistics Act. I will be the first to admit that it is not a comprehensive set of duties.

As the Member has indicated, there is a lengthy means of regulating this service in other jurisdictions, and I agree that we should probably ultimately aim towards moving in that direction. That is not the purpose of this bill. It was to at least ensure that cremation comes in under our existing system. I think the steps that the Member has outlined are the next logical ones, but they are not going to be addressed through this bill. I would be happy to work with my colleagues on the Cabinet side to try to move forward with some level of regulation of this profession, as well, but that is the next step after this bill. Thanks, Mr. Chair.