I believe that my questions will mainly be addressed to Ms. Klineberg. I'm not playing favourites, but it seems to me that criminal law policy is what this is about.
I'm talking about proposed subsection 241(1). The original act specified in paragraph (b) that it was an offence to aid or abet a person to die by suicide. In this new act, the provision for abetting has been moved into paragraph (a), and aiding a person can be allowed under the framework established for medical assistance in dying.
But to me, looking at the word “abet”, it implies assistance as well. I'm wondering, in the case where a charge under proposed paragraph 241(1)(b) would not be sustainable because it's a medical assistance in dying situation, what's to prevent a charge from being laid under (a), for abetting a suicide?