I'm happy to do so, but my question was on your report, in which 62% strongly agreed or agreed that this was a good thing and that it received the most support. Is that correct?
While the secretariat is finding the answer to that question, I'll go on.
One of the things that amazes me when we talk about the other jurisdictions is that all the Benelux countries, Switzerland, and the states in America that have physician-assisted death could all fit within Canada and we'd still have space, so I think the geographical framework in which we are making these decisions is very important, although we might not have the population that all of those countries combined have.
My question is around wait periods. It's been suggested in other testimony that waiting periods may be a safeguard to consider. There is no way for Parliament to choose a waiting time or periods that will be fair to all, in my opinion. Given the size of this country and the lack of complete medical facilities in many places, is there any reason why timing cannot be decided on a case-by-case basis between an attending physician and the patient, or between the physician and those who hold powers of attorney for the patient with prior directives?