Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I also want to thank ministers Wilson-Raybould and Philpott for having come to meet with us today, and for their presentations.
I'd also like to thank you very much for your thoughtful comments and work on this difficult issue. I know that we, as parliamentarians, have heard from many Canadians on all sides of this difficult issue. We want to do our best to make sure we have a law that Canadians have confidence in and that will see us move forward on this important decision by the Supreme Court of Canada. Thank you for your thoughtfulness and your assistance in that regard.
I'd like to begin by asking a question regarding section 7 of the Charter of Rights. That argument, and we heard it in the Carter decision, is that some would be forced to choose between ending life prematurely by committing suicide or continuing to suffer until natural death once they loose capacity to do it themselves or capacity to consent to receiving medical assistance and dying.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on whether this section 7 problem still exists with the lack of advance directives in the current bill.