Mr. Speaker, I know from personal experience how hard it can be to be with people who are at the end of their life. I have actually been with people who have starved themselves to precipitate their end of life more quickly.
One of the concerns I have with this bill is that it would limit people who have health issues that are unbearably painful but whose end of life is far away in some cases. My question is this. How does the member think this would work with this bill, and how can we support people who have done the due diligence, have independent thought, and are ready to go when they are in unbearable pain?