Madam Speaker, I would like to make a few points in response.
First, I will point out that there are 8,000 medical specialists and more than 8,000 general practitioners. Around 100 have signed the letter written by five doctors.
These five doctors had the right to write this letter, but I know that two of them were deacons and another was a member of Opus Dei.
We have a right to defend our religion, but we cannot force our religion on others. I think that in Canada, as attitudes and needs evolve, Parliament should legislate not according to specific religions, but according to the right an individual must have if they are suffering, if they have suffered, and if they are seeking help to die.
When a doctor helps someone die, it has nothing to do with murder. A murder is always a violent act. Helping—