Thank you, Madam Chair.
My question is for both the health and justice officials. It's about policy.
In Canada, there is significant support for allowing advance directives for medical assistance in dying. In fact, it was a recommendation made by the Senate, as well as a previous joint committee in 2016.
Policy-wise, do you anticipate moving towards a more comprehensive system that includes the regulation of advanced directives? Conversely, do you expect the possibility to be provided for in the Criminal Code, leaving it up to the provinces to determine the rules around recording and preserving consent, verifying witnesses and so forth?