I am calling the meeting back to order, after having been suspended for the last hour.
We continue with our 12th meeting of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying.
We welcome witnesses who are joining us this evening. Thank you for taking the time and also for bringing your expertise to our committee's deliberations.
We have Dr. John Soles, president of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada coming to us from Clearwater, British Columbia.
I think we're going to begin with Dr. Soles, because you never know; we could lose technical connectivity. If we start with you, that gives us a chance to get you back if we need to.
From there, we will go through the list of other witnesses, with Dr. Hartley Stern, Michael Bach, and Gerald Chipeur.
You're each given 10 minutes to speak tonight. We will begin with Dr. Soles.