What practicians need is clear legislation. Yet the criterion of reasonably predictable natural death was not a clear criterion. It lent itself to numerous interpretations and excluded people such as Ms. Gladu and Mr. Truchon, who then won the case. Mr. Truchon used medical assistance in dying. That criterion probably did not pass the test in Ms. Carter's case. Had there been certainty that Bill C-14 passed the test, the Supreme Court would have been asked for its opinion.
Let's now move forward. The patient is the standard, but they have to be heard.
Currently, palliative care is sometimes being pitted against medical assistance in dying. Because resources allocated to palliative care are lacking, proponents of that care are opposed to medical assistance in dying. To them, that's an escape route that lacks the necessary guidelines. There could be some division in that area.
Have you noted this opposition between palliative care and medical assistance in dying, in the sense that proponents of palliative care find that not enough is being done, while this was meant to be the solution for dying with dignity?