Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I won't need five minutes.
I come from a region in northern New Brunswick, more specifically from a tiny village called Balmoral. I live in Charlo, on the coast of the Bay of Chaleur. I'm here because my father requested medical assistance in dying two years ago. That's why I agreed to appear before you and to share my experience.
My father had convictions and the courage of those convictions. He was at the end of his life. He had cancer and was really suffering at the end. He had told us several years before then that he had made his decision. As a family, we of course respected that decision. I'm not happy about losing my father, but I'm happy that he had access to medical assistance in dying and that he was able to choose how he wanted to leave us.
That's my experience in a nutshell. Thank you.