Thanks, Minister.
Madam Chair, this government decided not to defend its own legislation at the first instance, which is incredibly unusual and, in fact, offensive to Parliament, which passed the legislation.
Minister, we know that rather than appealing the Superior Court decision, you chose, instead, to introduce this bill, which in fact goes far beyond simply responding to the decision. This was all done before a parliamentary review that was supposed to take place under your government's own legislation.
Why did your government choose to skip an important parliamentary review that was supposed to look at MAID in the Canadian context after Bill C-14 was passed? Why did you skip that review and, instead, go beyond what was required in the Truchon decision?