The first point is that I don't think MAID should be mentioned or offered to people when they are in acute care or even in rehabilitation after sustaining a spinal cord injury.
Do I think people, down the road after seven years or eight years...? It is, again, a situation where it's important to look at all the variables. It's a hypothetical situation. I can't say it would be a good thing or not.
I can say that I have not witnessed that. I have witnessed that after people turn the corner and rebuild their dreams and their lives, suicide is not something they turn back to, other than if they face multiple compounding problems in the social supports area. Housing is a major theme. The issues of affordable, accessible housing and living in poverty are crushers. They crush people's souls.
I think it's also important to say, sir, that I don't speak for everyone with a spinal cord injury. Each person is an individual who ultimately has a right to decide, if there is in fact informed choice and a real choice.