I think we learn from mistakes. Going out, we know very little about how it's going to play out in Canadian society. Opinions are very dichotomized around this. I think a review would serve all sides in this situation. If we proceed without a review, we won't know what we've done well and we won't know what can be improved. We won't know if palliative care actually may take care of a lot of the issues that people who are irremediably ill face. A review process, if it's a joint federal, provincial, and municipal venture, will provide answers to a lot of the questions we're asking now in this situation and will help us make sure that, one, processes that are working well will be improved upon and shared, and two, processes that aren't working so well will be improved upon, especially in the cases where areas are more remote, in cases where physicians are acting on their conscience, and in cases where maybe not enough education or information is being shared with health care practitioners. We cannot afford to assume that the rollout of this will be smooth.
On February 3rd, 2016. See this statement in context.