Thank you, Madam Chair.
My question is for Dr. Dechêne.
It is most refreshing to hear what you have to say, given that Quebec's Act Respecting End-of-Life Care was brought into being in order to put an end to the argument opposing palliative care and medical assistance in dying. This is most interesting because your comments are entirely based on this aspect and validate my own opinion on the subject.
What is the situation currently? We have a hospital-based system. This means that a person's last moments usually take place in a hospital. From what I understand from your presentation, if there were palliative care on offer and everyone had access to it, there would be no more medical assistance in dying because no one would request it. That is the argument used by those that oppose medical assistance in dying.
Could you be brief in your reply, because I have a few more questions to ask.