Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate the opportunity to speak.
I echo the comments of Ms. Findlay. I want to thank Mr. Manly for his foresight in bringing this forward. I think it's a fantastic amendment.
I would suggest, Madam Chair, that this should not be partisan in nature at all. I hope we can count on our colleagues across the floor, so to speak, to support this. I believe it's an amendment that is about human dignity and compassion. It is about ensuring that we can figure out where supports are lacking for disabled people and why they chose to end their lives prematurely, so that we can do everything in our power to help them live a dignified and full life, having received the support they require.
Madam Chair, this morning there was a press conference, and I jumped in to watch it. There was some.... I'm not going to call it “testimony”, because it didn't come to this committee specifically, but there were some very powerful speakers this morning from the disability community, for a lack of better words—I apologize. There was some fantastic testimony. There were so many things that really hit home for me.
I believe that this amendment—clause 3, I guess, if we were to agree to the amendment—really brings home what they're asking for and protects their rights specifically. Again, to Mr. Manly, I want to say thank you very much for bringing this amendment forward. I'll be voting in favour of it.
Thank you, Madam Chair.