Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for his comments and reasoned commentary on this.
I had the good opportunity of having a round table last week with the Newfoundland and Labrador coalition of pensioners and seniors associations. To a person, they were favourable of the approach we have taken with this legislation. There was one issue that really hit to the crux of what they felt might be far enough or not far enough in the legislation. That was with respect to advance care directives. They also had a concern with respect to determining in advance whether or not one's condition would become intolerable. They were also concerned about the ability of provinces to have appropriate registries in place to handle that type of medical care.
I would ask the member if he agrees that this integrative approach of going incrementally toward medical assistance in dying is the proper way to go, or if he feels we should go even further at this stage.