Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My question is addressed to Monseigneur Collins and Mr. Worthen.
I just want it on the record that I am a practising Catholic, although I say “practising” because I'm not very good yet. You can be assured that I have reflected and prayed on this matter greatly, both before and now during this time that I am a member of Parliament, and I have had to make my peace with my own personal beliefs. I know what I believe and I know that if I'm ever faced with the choice, I'd like to think that I will be able to make the choice that my faith requires of me. But that being said, I'm here as a parliamentarian and I cannot impose my beliefs on others and I am very conscious of the fact that we have to make recommendations for legislation that is going to address the beliefs and values of all Canadians.
I am relieved to hear that you acknowledge the Carter decision, as indeed we must. How do you reconcile, then, your approach given that so many Canadians, and Catholic Canadians, look to faith-based care for that end-of-life care? How do you reconcile the process of delivering end-of-life care to Canadians in the event that they ask for physician-assisted dying?