Thank you very much, Madam Co-Chair.
I would also like to thank our witnesses for joining our committee and helping us.
Professor Kaiser, I would like to start with you, given that you hold a position that straddles both law and medicine.
I've been on this committee from the start. What I have been struggling with personally is, on one hand respecting the rights of individuals who have agency, capacity and the right to make decisions for their own body, and also with the larger concept of our duty to protect the most vulnerable.
You very clearly said that we are not ready. Can you offer any thoughts on the struggles that we as a committee have had on those two concepts?
Ultimately, do you think that one day we will ever approach a point where we have to respect people's agency or do you think the duty to protect the most vulnerable will always win out when it comes to mental disorders as a sole underlying medical condition?