Thank you very much, Madam Joint Chair.
Dr. Gupta, thank you so very much for joining our committee today and helping guide us through some very difficult issues. I appreciate the report that we now have to refer to as we commence our study.
I've been a member of Parliament since 2015 now. I was there for the Bill C-14 and Bill C-7 debates. For me, the problem with this whole process is that it seems, with the amendments that were made by the Senate to C-7, which effectively are going to allow for mental illness as an underlying condition by March of next year, it's also a situation where we've put the cart before the horse. We're involved in this very in-depth study, but we're working with an impending deadline that is now less than a year away. You've talked a lot about the fact that we need to make sure every option is available.
Before I get to supplementary questions, though, my first question to you is this: What was it like for the expert review panel working under the knowledge that you had this deadline? Did you feel a sense of pressure? How did that inform your work, knowing that in March of next year this is now going to be a part of the Criminal Code and allowed?