Thank you.
Mr. Scarpaleggia brought up the clinical differences between cancer and the predictability of a mental disorder. Earlier, you talked about the expert panel report. Does that report not provide additional safeguards that further frame the expansion of access to medical assistance in dying to persons with a mental disorder? I am thinking, for example, of the obligation to provide prospective oversight, which is currently not found anywhere in Canada in the implementation of medical assistance in dying. It's retrospective. I am also thinking of the obligation to obtain the opinion of a second psychiatrist, who must be independent of the care team.
Are there no safeguards within that? I would like you to tell me about those safeguards. We are prepared to go all the way to the Supreme Court, if necessary, and the Supreme Court will have to determine whether this expansion is reasonable or not and say what safeguards are necessary to ensure the safe use of medical assistance in dying, if we do not want to go down the so‑called slippery slope.
What additional arguments or safeguards do you think this expert report provides in order to expand access to medical assistance in dying to persons with a mental disorder?