I would say that I am very concerned about the removal of the 10-day waiting period. It strikes me that this is such a serious decision to be made, with such care and consultation, with the assurance that all of the underlying issues that drive people to seek death—those issues are well documented in the palliative care literature—have been thoroughly addressed. MAID should always be seen as an option of last resort. The goal of health care is to help the patient flourish. Palliative care is about helping the patients flourish even as they go through the dying process. I think anything that accelerates or hastens that process and doesn't give the opportunity for reflection and so on is of serious concern.
On November 10th, 2020. See this statement in context.