I appreciate what Mr. Hussen said about the health accords, and the fact that we're going to be dealing with that later. I think that's a good point, but to study medical assistance in dying without studying palliative care seems to me to be something that would be very hard to do. They are interconnected, which is the evidence we've heard time and again, and I think they do go together very well.
This is an argument which I appreciate isn't in order, but I'll just put it out there. As you know, on page 134, I have some very specific proposals on palliative care that come out of the committee below. If we could ground at least one reference in the bill to palliative care, I'm told that procedurally it would be easier for those to be considered, so I have an additional reason for wanting this reference.
I don't think it takes anything away. I think it only adds something that many Canadians would be pleased to see in the work that this committee would be doing in the future. I think it adds a lot and takes away nothing.