In all transparency, since the bill was brought in around track two MAID, which made people with disabilities the only group eligible for medical assistance in dying when they are not dying, that has certainly changed people's interaction with the health care system quite dramatically. People with disabilities are now very much afraid, in many circumstances, to show up in the health care system with regular health concerns. MAID is often suggested as a solution to what is considered to be intolerable suffering that happens to be caused by some of the things this committee addressees, such as poverty and the situations that people with disabilities disproportionately find themselves in compared with other Canadians.
