Mr. Speaker, I do know that the Canadian Medical Association has raised concerns and red flags with respect to advance directives. I expect that that worry has led my government to proceed more cautiously.
We can note that the parliamentary report in and of itself provided for advance directives, but limited to where individuals had been diagnosed. Even among advance directive advocates, and in looking at that parliamentary report, we can in fact go further. I personally think we ought to go further.
While, unfortunately, those advance directives did not find their way into this legislation, my hope is that parliamentarians across the aisle and on this side of the floor can work together to ensure that we protect fully informed choice, whether one is terminally ill or not, whether one has been diagnosed or not, through advance directives.