I want to thank the witnesses.
My question is for Dr. Lemire.
Some witnesses have said that only physicians could provide assistance to die to patients who request that assistance, as the Supreme Court of Canada decision in Carter talked about a physician's assistance to that end. That is even more true in the English version.
However, the Provincial-Territorial Expert Advisory Group on Physician-Assisted Dying says that members of regulated health professions—including registered nurses and physician assistants—should be able to provide assistance to die under the guidance of a physician or a nurse practitioner.
According to your organization, which health care professionals should be allowed to provide assistance to die to patients who make the request, especially those who live in remote areas or in the north and have more restrictive access to a physician?