Thank you. I think mine will be somewhat less than that.
I'm hoping that what I can share with you tonight are some of the practical experiences I've had in the last 25 years or so working with children, families and youth as a palliative care physician for children. Also, I was the chair of the CPS, the Canadian Paediatric Society, bioethics committee when the Carter decision was made, and I was the author of the CPS position statement, “Medical Assistance in Dying: A Paediatric Perspective”, with respect to mature minors.
I look at all my learned colleagues who have presented to you before me and who will after me, but I am hoping that somehow you've been able to hear the voices of children and families who are affected or have been affected by these issues. I can think of so many families who I think would lend a critical lens to this discussion, and I hope you've been able to find them.
I'll curtail my remarks to that for the time being.