First, I would like to see the government push the deadline back because it's unrealistic. I signed on in June and we didn't start our first meeting until the end of August, so it was rushed. I understand that your panel and this process is being rushed as well. I'm not sure what the hurry is.
I know that we made many recommendations. Dr. Wieman remarked on Dr. Goulet's experience in Manitoba as a MAID assessor. We talked about teams. She talked about having a great team. I think there needs to be some kind of thought into how people....
It's difficult for doctors, as I understand, as well. I clearly understood that as I was sitting at the panel. I understand the difficulties, but I think that if the government is going to move forward, they need to help support the medical community to develop the processes collectively. There needs to be a standard across the country so that things don't go off course.
Mental health legislation went off course. Every province does it differently. What I witnessed in Bill C-14 was that every province monitored differently and some of the provinces had “unknown” categories. Way too many people were dying from unknown—