Thank you, Chair.
Dr. Sareen, you said that without an international standard, we cannot regulate the extension of MAID for MI-SUMC. However, multiple jurisdictions offer MAID in some form for persons with a mental illness. For example, the Netherlands uses the concept of “due care” as a base standard, with the assurance that a person is competent and conscious. This is the same in Belgium and Luxembourg. Spain and Colombia have developed other standards.
Why would these standards not be considered acceptable for us in Canada to use as guidance should this committee decide to extend MAID for MI-SUMC? What do these jurisdictions have that Canada does not have?