I agree entirely with the thrust of what Mr. Thériault has tried to do. That is use the language the Supreme Court of Canada used.
My proposed amendment, which is NDP-2, follows his in the material. You will see that the language, if not verbatim, is as close as we could draft it to be to what the Supreme Court of Canada said.
You will notice that Mr. Thériault has tried to do the job with two sections. I've tried to use one section for simplicity and clarity.
There are also some technical differences. For example, he talks about “causes them enduring and intolerable suffering given their medical circumstances”.
The words of the court don't say “medical circumstances”. Similarly, they don't use the word “intolerable” just “enduring”.
Again, I very much appreciate what Mr. Thériault has tried to do, but I believe our version of accomplishing that objective is a cleaner, simpler way to do so, and it's entirely in line with the Supreme Court of Canada's unanimous decision.