Thank you.
My question is for Mr. Ménard.
Mr. Hogg told us that our committee's role was to ensure that all Canadians will be able to access physician-assisted dying. In its recommendation 8, the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying recommends that another health professional acting under the guidance of a physician or nurse practitioner be authorized to provide assistance in dying.
In your opinion, are there any barriers to allowing registered nurses or other health care professionals to provide physician-assisted death, especially as concerns our perspective? We were saying this morning that all Canadian men and women wherever they reside should have access to physician-assisted death. However, we know that the availability of health care personnel varies from region to region.
What barriers would prevent other health care professionals from assisting physicians in this?