Another issue that has come up in our discussions with previous witnesses has to do with advance directives. The Supreme Court didn't contemplate advance directives, and the debate in Quebec on Bill 52 was very conflicted on advance directives, which were actually dropped from the final draft of the bill.
However, again, the provincial-territorial expert advisory group recognized the roles of advance directives and that they vary across the country. They did recommend, though, that a patient's wishes to consent to physician-assisted dying in advance should be permitted through what they called a standardized patient declaration form, or a living will.
What is your impression of that recommendation?