The way I read that section of the Quebec act, section 31, in the case of a doctor practising in a hospital, it is referred to the executive director of the institution, so the institution is not neutral in that case. We had a witness last night who pleaded to us that institutions are also protected by the rights of conscience. In the case of Quebec, it's clearly in the act that the institution is not neutral; the institution has an obligation to provide the service.
In the case that there is a local authority that is not in an institution, they have to refer to the local community service centre, what we call the CLSC in Quebec. In other words, the public institutions have a responsibility to make sure that the request will be acted upon and taken care of.
Do you consider that this is safe protection in relation to the right of a physician to object to being part of physician-assisted dying?