Thank you both for your testimony.
I'm still kind of shaken by 12-year-olds being considered youth. I think we call them “tweens”. In every other context we have parental consent, even to take photos in a classroom. I was a teacher for 21 years. I'm still quite shaken by that number. I think parental consent would absolutely be important.
Are you concerned how expansion to children might affect children in welfare systems, indigenous youth and children with disabilities? The CCA report notes a paucity of literature and therefore a failure to capture their voices.
We heard time and time again that the indigenous communities have not been consulted. Even considering an expansion of MAID just seems too soon and really against what we're trying to do, which is consult with many of these most vulnerable groups. Would you comment on this fact, please?
Professor MacIntosh.