As I said earlier, I think perspective is everything. Two weeks before Markus passed away, someone gifted us with funds to use an Airbnb on Vancouver Island. We almost didn't make it because, on the way, we had to stop at BC Children's Hospital to empty Markus' lungs of two litres of liquid. That's how sick he was. However, because that precious time had been given to us, he wanted to use it. He recognized, as I said in my testimony, that when you unnaturally interrupt life through medical assistance in dying, you miss out on beautiful experiences that you can have.
It's one thing to ask healthy, able-bodied minors in our country “If you receive this diagnosis and life looked this terrible, would you want medical assistance in dying?” They say, “Yes, I think so.” It's an entirely other thing to actually experience it yourself or with your child and have available the palliative and hospice resources to care for that illness.