Mr. Speaker, the member concluded by asking that we update the law to reflect 21st-century realities. By my count, this is the third issue on which the government is using an argument of dates to demonstrate a particular legislative opinion. We need more than just the dates.
With respect to the legislation before us, I have advocated for two changes.
One is that we have some kind of advance review by a competent legal authority to ensure that somebody receiving this service, or whatever we want to call it, did actually meet the criteria. Without advance legal review, there is no way of actually ensuring that the criteria were met. A person could go from doctor to doctor, or someone else could go from doctor to doctor for them. I want to know what the member thinks about advance review by a competent legal authority.
Also, what does the member think about removing the “reasonable but mistaken” clause, which would allow somebody who takes somebody else's life without consent to escape prosecution if they had a reasonable but mistaken belief that the person did consent?
Would the member accept those two changes? With those two changes, I think many of us would have a much easier time supporting the legislation so that we can meet the timeline.