Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much to all the witnesses. It's really quite humbling to be here with you today and to hear your many stories.
My first question is for the Council of Canadians with Disabilities representatives who are here today.
Dr. Janz, you talked about how we as a government and a society are aggressively pursuing one course of action through a pandemic lockdown to save lives and on the other hand seem to be rushing through this legislation. It's a great concern to me that we are doing so in a rushed way, to expand the ability to end life instead of putting increased resources to support for living and, when it comes to it, palliative care.
The government says they've consulted widely on this bill. I'm wondering if, from the perspective of the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, you believe this consultation was extensive enough, and does it address the concerns of Canadians with disabilities?