Health committee  This is what's been happening in other countries, where this area has been—

Health committee  Yes, examples. The other point, just to respond to one of your issues, is that one of the big roles the agency will have is outreach, education, engagement. We've seen in other areas of real public concern, when agencies like this have gone out and engaged individuals, that awar

Health committee  Obviously people applied, and all candidates were considered. Their CVs were scrutinized and the selected criteria were applied. I'm sorry, I don't recall the number of individuals who sent in their CVs over the last year and a half or so, but there were 100, if not more. All of

Health committee  I'm not in a position to answer that question. It's a decision that will be taken by the government. The decision will be announced when the government is ready to announce it.

Health committee  I'm definitely not in a position to respond to that question.

Health committee  Well, clearly that's the challenge in naming this committee. In terms of the process itself, it essentially was one of recruitment. The government advertised in the GIC publicized process. We did this process in 2005. With the prorogation of Parliament, there was a delay. We ag

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  With regard to consent, section 8, what I wanted to add to that is that it will be the clinics, of course, but it will also be other individuals who currently, under provincial law, can practise in this field. We know GPs are practitioners. We know that some of the gynecologists

Health committee  Regarding the second question, with regard to the agency, thank you for raising that question. The selection process, in our view, has been an open and transparent one. Certainly it's a GIC appointment process, so it was widely publicized. In our view—

Health committee  —it resulted in a good representation from all the areas.

Health committee  The criteria stipulated in the act are that the representation on the board would be a cross-representation of the community involved in AHR and Canadians.

Health committee  I can basically say that while the agency was established in January, it cannot begin its operations until a board of directors has been appointed. So it will not begin its operations until the board of directors is named.

Health committee  Kata, do you want to answer the other questions.

Health committee  Your question about dying is a very important one, and I appreciate you raising it. One assumes that the person is conscious. So, obviously, if a person is dying—

Health committee  If a person is dying and wishes to...provided they follow the procedure, then—