They do, and it puts them in a very difficult situation. I hope you will speak with some clinicians, because they are put in the position of explaining why it is that the suffering from a physical condition is considered worthy of Parliament saying, “I have a way to end it,” but suffering from a mental illness is not.
What do you think people who have a mental illness think when they read the provision in the Criminal Code that says that “a mental illness is not...an illness, disease or disability”? Clinicians have patients asking them those questions, and what are they to say? Yes, using the language of the Supreme Court of Canada...? It's cruel.