I believe that we got it right with our initial bill, Bill C-7, in 2021. What I felt we needed at the time, with respect to mental illness, was more time. At that time, I believe I was right, initially, to say we needed more time.
We accepted the parliamentary process for what it was, and the Senate added the category of mental illness as the sole underlying criteria. We added a time period in order to do the work. We feel that work has, for the most part, been done, but we were slowed by the COVID pandemic, in particular. It prevented all of what we felt was the necessary work from being done. At the federal level, we feel we've done most of it.
I know that Minister Duclos and others feel that a great deal of work has been done. The chair of the expert committee, Dr. Gupta, feels we were ready to go.