I will call our second meeting of the Special Joint Committee on Physician-Assisted Dying to order. I believe we have a quorum. Welcome back.
This afternoon we begin with witnesses from the Department of Justice.
Thank you very much for appearing before us today on relatively short notice. We'd like to take about 20 minutes. I'm going to be a little bit liberal with you, because you're going to help us lay the groundwork for where we stand. Given the mandate of this committee to advise the minister on the changes in legislation that will be required, your advice and wisdom will be extremely helpful.
We have a number of new committee members here. We'll hear from witnesses for 20 minutes and they'll be able to divide the time up between themselves.
I hope you will introduce yourselves so we will have an understanding of who you are and why you're here. Then we'll begin the first, second, and, I expect, third rounds of questioning this afternoon.
Thank you.