I do think that the task for the government is simple, and that is to lift the exclusion. As I said, the government has already accepted that it eventually has to include MI-SUMC. A six-year delay was unnecessary, but that's what we have and we shouldn't add to it in any way.
As far as the provinces are concerned, the provinces are also required to be charter-compliant. In terms of whatever restrictions provinces put into place with respect to MAID, they will have to make sure that they come, very clearly, within the health authority that the provinces have and that they're not a colourable attempt to regulate in criminal law. There will be charter challenges, I'm sure, in the provinces, which is why it would be preferable, in my opinion, if the federal government had a strong message around where it stands on MI-SUMC.
