Thank you, Mr. Chair.
As amended before including the nurse practitioners in these clauses, I think it actually strengthens the bill and puts the onus back on the patient who has requested the procedure. You are asking to die. You have the ability to make it happen. We're willing to give you the cocktail that will facilitate that. We have given you the legal ability to do that. We're just going to make sure that you administer it properly.
I think there's a lot of danger in mis-administration when it comes to self-administering at home. What if they don't take the whole thing, they take half of it? There are just too many opportunities for things to go sideways if there's not a medical practitioner or medical nurse present at the time of administration.
If the person has the ability to self-administer, they should do it. This is physician-assisted suicide, and we're providing medical aid in doing that. That's what this is.