Mr. Speaker, the member wrapped up by referencing opinion polls. Of course, we know Canadians support strong safeguards, including conscience protection. There will be some form of assisted suicide in this country going forward, but Canadians want to see us do the hard work of putting in safeguards.
The member talked specifically about the court decision. He would know that when the court granted the four-month extension, it put in place a system by which people could still, in the interim, seek euthanasia or assisted suicide, but they needed to go before a judge to do that. The court in its wisdom understood the need for some kind of system of legal review.
With ambiguous criteria, the absence of advanced legal review, and allowances for people to go from doctor to doctor until they get the right outcome or the outcome they want, this is not a system for ensuring that any kind of meaningful check occurs at all.
Would the member agree with me, and agree, frankly, with the direction the court seems to have given us when they granted the extension, that we should have some kind of system of advanced legal review by competent authority, and it would not have to be onerous, to ensure that whatever criteria are in this legislation are actually met in every case?