Thank you, Madam Chair.
I guess I had raised my hand back when the question was raised about how we proceed in matters that have been ruled out of order. I think that's been dealt with, but I would say, as always, that it's on a case-by-case basis and a ruling-by-ruling basis.
Speaking now to the amendment that's been moved, maybe I could ask Mr. Garrison his thoughts on it. I was quite profoundly impacted by the testimony of Mr. Foley, who appeared at our committee. I don't know if all members have had the opportunity to listen to the recordings that he made as doctors were basically, as it sounded to me, encouraging him to consider MAID in the context of what it was going to cost him to stay in the hospital. They said in the recording, “Look, the per diem rate for you to stay at this hospital is $1,500 per day.”
Recognizing that the committee has decided to consider this particular amendment, I just cannot contemplate a situation in which we would want to say that the information could come whether or not the person requests the information. I think someone would be in a troublesome area there. I don't think we want to send a message that even if a person expressly does not want to consider MAID, health care providers are going to be in a position to keep bringing it up, and that's what appears to have happened with Mr. Foley in this recording. I don't know if Mr. Garrison heard the same testimony I did, but this amendment, unless there's a further explanation he could provide, runs completely counter to the very moving testimony of Mr. Foley, who did a great job presenting at our committee. Maybe we can get some further clarification on that, but my inclination would not be to support this particular amendment.