Thank you, Chair.
Professor Downie, we heard from Dr. Gupta earlier in the first panel. From what I heard when she gave her testimony, she described a process of assessment that really made a request for MAID a last resort. Every avenue was going to be looked at in terms of alternative treatment, etc. Other assessors would be consulted, etc.
You have also assured us that you feel the regulatory framework is sufficient. However, Dr. Lemmens, in response to Senator Martin, gave us an example where the full assessment was perhaps not done.
Is there anything that should be required in that assessment that could in some way be legislated? Is there some sort of regulatory framework that might be required?
