Thank you.
Dr. McCormick, I think it's safe to say that everyone at this table agrees that every Canadian should be provided with adequate supports, whether they're financial or emotional, to help them deal with mental illness. However, a majority of the witnesses at this committee have made the false equivalency between requesting MAID and having suicidal ideation. Being approved for medically assisted death and having suicidal ideation are two different things.
Dr. McCormick, if somebody who has a mental illness is genuinely seeking MAID or additional information on the MAID process, how do you suggest suicide prevention frontline workers address these questions?
For the record, I want to point out that to receive a medically assisted death in Canada, a person has to be eligible under strict rules laid out under the law, and they have to go through a rigorous process by multiple medical professionals to be deemed eligible.