Thank you, Madam Joint Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
I will direct my questions to Dr. Nicolini.
We have heard from some witnesses in the Netherlands that the number of cases that have been completed involving mental disorders is very small overall, amounting to 1.3% of cases. In expanding MAID in the Canadian context, it has been suggested, having regard for the experience in the Netherlands, that the pool of persons who would seek to access this, and would do so successfully, would be a very small number.
Could you speak to some of the differences between the legal framework in Canada versus the Netherlands with respect to safeguards, and specifically with respect to the irremediability requirement?