I'm glad you raised the point of Mr. Fletcher, a gentleman whom I call a friend, a person who embraced life through living. At the outset of my comments I said that, at the very end of life, as Carter spoke to questions about end of life, I believe that debate is not here tonight.
I was speaking of people with much life to live. What is important in terms of safeguards is to ask the question: Is suffering being caused by the social conditions of that person? If so, then a physician should not be in a position where they are just forced to provide MAID. Those social conditions should be addressed.
The question is right there in the Criminal Code. If it's remediable, then MAID should not proceed. These are the safeguards. If it's remediable, then it must be a reciprocating relationship and the conditions be remediated.