I will add to that, because I think it's helpful to understand how we came to the decision you see before you in Bill C-14.
The request for personal autonomy was heard loud and clear. We heard it from the folks who were involved in the Carter case, and we are obviously very sensitive to their desires and the desires of others like them who want to have that personal autonomy.
Where Minister Wilson-Raybould and I felt particularly burdened was how we could make sure that we provided for that personal autonomy, while very much feeling the weight of the life and death decisions that were also on our shoulders in terms of the protection of not simply individuals, but society as a whole. I think you'll see that reflected in the legislation.
We are fundamentally committed to making sure people can, in a sense, write their own stories and write the final chapter of their lives as much as possible, but we felt a real weight with the fact this would be the end of people's lives. We need to make sure that appropriate safeguards are in place so that nobody comes to the end of their life without adequate protection. We as a government, and we as parliamentarians, have a responsibility to uphold that solemn responsibility.
If we had more time, I'd love to tell you a bit more about that. We undertook this with a deep sense of obligation to protect not only individuals and their rights, but also society as a whole and the challenges there.