Thank you very much.
I want to echo Dr. Ellis in thanking the witnesses for gathering, not just on Valentine's Day but in the evening and on short notice, and being able to provide us with this really useful testimony.
Obviously, there have been years of deliberation on this, including the recent committee meetings. I'm trying to put my questions into a framework of “what now?” What do we do after Bill C-62 in terms of next steps? How do we best prepare?
I'd like to start with Dr. L'Espérance. I want to understand more about what we can learn from the experience of Quebec and how you see the direction in Quebec, particularly for MAID eligibility for mental illness. I understand from Bill 11 that this is a permanent exclusion. Is there anything we can learn as a country from the deliberations of Quebec?
Where do you see Quebec's health system in terms of readiness for mental illness as a sole underlying medical condition? How do you reconcile that with the direction of the legislation in Quebec?