Thank you for your question.
Of course, given my approach to end-of-life care, including care during the final phase of Alzheimer's disease, and as the spokesperson for the Association québécoise pour le droit de mourir dans la dignité, the people I meet are often those who have already given the matter some thought, who want to die in dignity and who hope that their expectations will be met.
I can talk to you about them.
As it happens, we had our annual meeting today. Quite a few people came to see me; they touched my arm and tears were flowing. They thanked me and said that's what their mother had wanted, but it had not been possible. Others thanked me by saying that they found it reassuring and they were encouraged, because they had been diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease.
Of course those who were against the idea were not there, because it's an association for people who want to die with dignity. The comments I received were positive. People see it as the beginning of some form of relief and they were hoping for legislation that would help them achieve that. It gives them hope that they will end their life with dignity, which is not what their loved ones had experienced.