I'd be happy to do that.
I have visited a number of people who were in the latter stages of dying from dementia. They are typically in bed, incontinent of feces and urine, in adult diapers 24-7. They do not know who they are or where they are. They cannot speak. This is not a condition most Canadians would want to be in at the end of their life. I certainly do not want to end my life that way. I witnessed both my father and mother-in-law dying in that state. We need to find a way to allow people who are competent currently to ensure that they do not end up in that condition toward the end of their lives if they choose not to. People are perfectly at liberty to choose to die how they wish, so I think we need to give some more careful thought to that.
I know what the College of Physicians and Surgeons has said here, but I disagree with them on that, and I would challenge members of your committee to reflect on how they would like to die and what they would think about a relative of theirs dying in the sorry state of end-stage Alzheimer's and a year of living in a bed wearing an adult diaper. It's not sensible for people to be in that state at the end of their life.