Thank you very much, Madam Joint Chair.
Dr. Perrot, I'd like to start with you.
On this concept of relieving people's suffering and the existential dread they have when facing end of life, we know that a major reasoning behind the amendments in Bill C-7 in the previous Parliament—the waiver of final consent—was to allow people to have a little more peace of mind. If they were diagnosed with an incurable disease that was on a downward decline, they at least could give final consent before worrying about a loss of capacity.
You talked about how allowing for advance requests would allow that as well for other patients, to relieve their suffering and any existential crisis they may have regarding a future loss of capacity. Can you fill us in with a bit more detail on that, please?