Mr. Speaker, the member talked about the possibility of amendments. I would like to suggest one amendment and hear his comments on it.
We have these criteria in the bill, but the criteria only mean something if there is some kind of assessment in advance. If the only assessment of each case is retrospective, then there is very little way of adjudicating if someone is actually meeting the criteria. There is no way of protecting the vulnerable, because even if there is some suspicion of a problem, the person is already dead.
Our first priority should be to protect people who do not consent, who do not want this, from being pushed into it.
Would the member agree with me that a simple system of advanced, legal review by some kind of cognizant authority is necessary to ensure that people who do not consent do not have their lives taken inadvertently? It could be a judge, or a consent and capacity board, and the model could vary from province to province.