Mr. Speaker, the hon. member has just made a good case for having a special committee and not the usual parliamentary committee. A special committee could dedicate those 12 weeks to crossing this country and hearing from experts. That is a good reason to have a special committee.
However, we are dealing with people who today have intolerable pain. They are living with intractable disease and their time is growing near. We cannot ask them to hold off and wait. We must move with all speed and do the best that we can to get as much input as we can. That is why we want to set up a special committee and not the usual parliamentary committee. People who are suffering and in pain cannot wait for us to make these kinds of lengthy decisions.