We certainly don't create a barrier today when individuals make applications for guardianship and trusteeship or when decisions are made with respect to children when parents have refused health care. In all of those cases, either the physician or the health care facility covers the legal fees involved.
I don't think we should make a decision about life and death based upon who pays. Those issues about who pays can be addressed. Certainly the provincial governments can address that. Certainly our system is flexible enough to address the cost.
My issue is vulnerability and finding the best way to protect not just the patient but also the physician. The issue here—