Thank you for the question, Senator.
I'm not able to quantify.
What I believe, in a couple of short statements, is that first nations, Métis and Inuit people deserve equal access to any medical treatments and procedures that are available to any other Canadians in this country, including MAID, and for those suffering from mental disorders.
However, I think the issue, the conflict, comes from people's understanding of what that is and the pathway that someone must undertake to access a medically assisted death, for MAID in general and MD-SUMC specifically. I think people misunderstand, for example, the ease with which a medically assisted death might be obtained. That is clearly not the case. There are existing safeguards in the legislation.
I think that balance needs to somehow be found. That is why I was saying it's going to be found by having an engagement strategy and a communications strategy, probably nationally and provincially, so that people understand, because my concern—